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Flaxen was once thought to be produced by a recessive allele, based on preliminary studies, proposed as F f for flaxen. [3] However, more recently it is thought that it may actually be polygenic, influenced by multiple genes. [4] [1] Some chestnut horses that do not exhibit much flaxen may nonetheless produce strongly flaxen offspring.
The Black Forest Horse is always chestnut with a flaxen mane and tail; no other color may be registered. [11] The coat varies from pale to very dark, sometimes almost black; this, with a pale or silvery mane, is the coloring called in German Dunkelfuchs, "dark fox". Intentional selection for flaxen chestnut coloring began in 1875. [2]
Palomino: chestnut horse that has one cream dilution gene that turns the horse to a golden, yellow, or tan shade with a flaxen or white mane and tail. Often cited as being a color "of twenty-two carat gold", [5] palominos range in shades from extremely light, almost cremello, to deep chocolate, but always with a white or flaxen mane and tail.
However, unlike chestnuts, palomino is inherently a heterozygous condition and thus cannot be true-breeding. Furthermore, even the lightest chestnut will retain "red" character in the hair, rather than gold. Gold champagne vs. palomino: the action of the Champagne gene on chestnut was for many years called pumpkin-skinned palomino. However ...
Colloquially, in the American west, almost all copper-red chestnuts are called "sorrel." In other parts of the English-speaking world, some consider a "sorrel" to be a light chestnut with a flaxen mane and tail. A liver chestnut. Liver chestnut or dark chestnut are not a separate genetic color, but a descriptive term. The genetic controls for ...
A 1,596-acre (646 ha) tract of old-growth forest, it is dominated by northern red oak and chestnut oak. The extent of unbroken forest on the property is unusual for southwestern Virginia; many of the trees, including cucumber magnolia and American basswood, are between three and four hundred years old. [2]
The Bull Run Mountains, together with Catoctin Mountain in Virginia and Maryland, make up the easternmost front of the Blue Ridge. The mountain range is the home of the Virginia Outdoors Foundation's Preserve at Bull Run Mountains, [ 1 ] which is a state-designated Natural Area Preserve dedicated to the scientific and educational potential of ...
The Butler Cave Conservation Society (BCCS) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit Virginia corporation dedicated to the conservation, exploration, survey, preservation, and scientific study of the caves and karst in and around Burnsville Cove, Virginia. [1] The BCCS currently owns five preserves in Bath and Highland counties totaling 177.65 acres (0.7189 ...