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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 ...
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 Florida, west to ...
Chestnut trees are of moderate growth rate (for the Chinese chestnut tree) to fast-growing for American and European species. [4] Their mature heights vary from the smallest species of chinkapins, often shrubby, [5] to the giant of past American forests, C. dentata that could reach 60 metres (200 feet).
Darling 58. The Darling 58 is a genetically engineered American chestnut tree. The tree was created by American Chestnut Research & Restoration Program at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY ESF) in collaboration with The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) [1] to restore the American chestnut to ...
The original habitat of the American chestnut. Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture / Wikimedia Commons. An estimated 3 billion to 6 billion American chestnut trees once covered forests ...
The American chestnut tree used to grow throughout the eastern U.S., but was devastated by a blight in the early 20th century. The American chestnut tree used to grow throughout the eastern U.S ...
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.
The sweet chestnut tree grows well on limestone-free, deeply weathered soil. [20] The optimal pH value of the soil is between 4.5 and 6, and the tree cannot tolerate soil compaction. [18] The tolerance to wet ground and to clay-rich soils is very low. [21] It is a heat-loving tree which needs a long vegetation period.