Seeds of several native plant types from American chestnut habitats (Elymus/grass, Cichorium/forb, Gaultheria/shrub, Acer/deciduous tree, Pinus/conifer) were germinated in potting mix with different ...

Its seeds, encased in large prickly burrs ... a restoration coordinator with the American Chestnut Foundation. In 1911, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle proclaimed that “all living chestnut trees ...

In 1942 the American Forestry Association (now American Forests) reported the largest known native chestnut tree — 9 feet in diameter — in the Great Smoky Mountains. By 1950, the tree was dead.