Historians called chestnuts a “cradle-to-grave” tree, their rot-resistant wood once used for building ... a restoration coordinator with the American Chestnut Foundation.

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 ...

The American Chestnut was more than just a tree; it was a cornerstone of the eastern forests. Growing up to 100 feet tall, ...

The pathogen that killed off the American chestnut arrived ... Every autumn, a mature tree would produce a crop of several thousand chestnuts. Unlike oak, the wood was light and easy to work.

Now, scientists are using a combination of techniques to develop blight-resistant trees from this remaining population. The American Chestnut Foundation recognizes you can’t improve what you can ...

Their soft and rot-resistant wood was used to make homes ... Though Murrill’s doomsday predictions for the American chestnut proved true, the tree was never forgotten; efforts to outwit the chestnut ...

In this multi-part series, we will identify some of the tree species and describe some of their unique characteristics. Our first species is the American chestnut (Castanea dentata) sometimes called ...

Our goal is to reintroduce a population of these tolerant trees back into forest ecosystems of the eastern United States. The American Chestnut Project has evolved from basic research into a ...

Several decades later, we are seeking government approval to begin distributing the first blight-tolerant transgenic American chestnut. These trees were produced by inserting a gene called oxalate ...

The Tree Talks Lecture Series, sponsored by the Elkins Tree Board and Kump Education Center, Elkins, continues tonight at 7 p ...

Aug 17, 2024 Aug 17, 2024 Updated Aug 18, 2024 The American chestnut tree was one of the most populous and mighty trees in eastern North America before a blight over the past century brought it to ...