American chestnut - Wikipedia
Chestnut blight was first noticed on American chestnut trees in what was then the New York Zoological Park, now known as the Bronx Zoo, in the borough of The Bronx, New York City, in …
Restoring the iconic American chestnut | US Forest Service
2024年8月1日 · Today, The American Chestnut Foundation is working to return this tree to its former glory. One of their significant goals is to find a genetic variant of the American chestnut …
How to grow an American chestnut | US Forest Service
American chestnut thrived in eastern North American forests for thousands of years, but in the 20th century, an exotic fungus almost eliminated the species. To date, chestnut restoration …
The fight for a fallen giant: Bringing back the American chestnut
2024年5月3日 · More than a century ago, the American chestnut (Castanea dentata) was a common overstory tree across portions of eastern North American forests. These giants …
The American Chestnut Foundation | Rooted in Restoration
How to identify an American chestnut tree. Learn how to identify American chestnuts and send us a sample for identification.
American Chestnut History | The American Chestnut Foundation
The American chestnut, Castanea dentata, once dominated portions of the eastern U.S. forests. (View the American chestnut range map .) Numbering nearly four billion, the tree was among …
American chestnut | The Morton Arboretum
The American chestnut was once the king of the forest. It was a magnificent tree used for lumber and for food. Chestnut blight began to decimate this species in the early 1900’s. The American …
What it Takes to Bring Back the Near Mythical American Chestnut Trees
2019年4月29日 · Mature American chestnuts have been virtually extinct for decades. The tree’s demise started with something called ink disease in the early 1800s, which steadily killed …
What Happened To The American Chestnut Tree? - Forest Wildlife
2021年10月21日 · The American chestnut tree was once a majestic species – one of the tallest and quickest-growing trees in the country. But what was once a valuable food and wood …
American Chestnut - Go Native Trees
Before 1900, American Chestnut (Castenea dentata) was a dominant eastern North American forest species. Then an ecological disaster occurred on par with an asteroid extinction event, …
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