For me, the attraction to chestnut trees is partly cultural: My Italian-American family likes to roast chestnuts at Christmas and on other occasions. I also appreciate the attractive wood of the ...
Historians called chestnuts a “cradle-to-grave” tree, their rot-resistant wood once used for building ... a restoration coordinator with the American Chestnut Foundation.
Unlike oak, the wood was light and easy to work ... Molecular research teams have devoted decades to creating a transgenic ...
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The Return of the American Chestnut Tree in New YorkThe American Chestnut was more than just a tree; it was a cornerstone of the eastern forests. Growing up to 100 feet tall, ...
Our first species is the American chestnut (Castanea dentata) sometimes called the “Sequoia of the East”. This species was once found thriving throughout eastern forests from central Maine west to ...
“Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire” is playing on the radio now in the Northern Hemisphere which begs the question, “What happened to the American chestnut?” Would you be surprised to ...
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