Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire” is playing on the radio now in the Northern Hemisphere which begs the question, “What ...

Aquatic mayfly larvae performed better on American chestnut leaves than oaks and other trees in a preliminary test 1, so chestnut re-introduction may benefit stream ecosystems. Subsequent studies have ...

Founding members of the New York Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation approached Dr. William Powell and Dr. Charles Maynard of ESF in 1989, asking them about using modern tools of genetic ...

Sunlight filtered through the overstory of a thick Pennsylvania forest and a few rays fell upon the long, serrated leaves of the American chestnut trees down below. The higher Mike Manes ...

They still are: About 430 million American chestnut trees exist across the species ... single tree with protectants to give their tiniest leaves a chance at reaching maturity.

A member of the Fagaceae family, this tree is closely related to other commonly known trees such as all species of oak and the American chestnut tree. Found in well-drained acidic soil ... this tree ...