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The American chestnut (Castanea dentata) is a large, fast-growing deciduous tree of the beech family native to eastern North America. [3] As is true of all species in the genus Castanea, the American chestnut produces burred fruit with edible nuts. The American chestnut was once one of the most important forest trees throughout its range, [4][5 ...
The mission of The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) is to restore the American chestnut tree to the forests of Eastern North America by breeding genetically diverse blight-resistant trees, evaluating various approaches to the management of chestnut pests and pathogens, and reintroducing the trees into the forest in an ecologically acceptable manner.
Fagus pumila L. Castanea pumila, commonly known as the Allegheny chinquapin, American chinquapin (from the Powhatan) or dwarf chestnut, is a species of chestnut native to the southeastern United States. The native range is from Massachusetts and New York to Maryland and extreme southern New Jersey and southeast Pennsylvania south to central ...
The American Chestnut Cooperators' Foundation ( ACCF) is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit, scientific, and educational foundation that was organized in 1986 and with the help of research and volunteers from Virginia Tech Universit y, is dedicated to restoring the American chestnut ( Castanea dentata) [1] to its former place in the United States Eastern ...
The American chestnut tree used to grow throughout the eastern U.S., but was devastated by a blight in the early 20th century.
Living Heritage Tree Museum. Coordinates: 42.638°N 95.206°W. The Living Heritage Tree Museum is located in the city of Storm Lake, Iowa, United States. It is an open-air museum dedicated to heritage trees, situated in Sunset Park on West Lake Shore Drive. [1] It was founded by Stan Lemaster and Theodore Klein. [2]
The American Chestnut Foundation in collaboration with many partners (SUNY ESF, the American Chestnut Cooperators' Foundation and many others from education, research, and industry sectors contributing to the program) are in the last stages of developing a variety that is as close as possible to the American chestnut, while having incorporated ...
Castanea ozarkensis. Ashe. Natural range of Castanea ozarkensis. Synonyms. Castanea pumila var. ozarkensis. Castanea ozarkensis, also known as the Ozark chinkapin (also spelled chinquapin), is a species of tree that is native to the United States. [3] It is in the Castanea genus that includes chestnuts and types of chestnut known as chinkapins.