WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue University researcher is working to restore the American chestnut, an important wildlife tree and timber resource that dominated the landscape from Maine to Mississippi ...
Five years ago, scientists knew they had reached a milestone in their quest to reclaim one of the country's great forest treasures: Some lines of American chestnut saplings, with help from their ...
Each fall, nuts and leaves from the trees would blanket forest floors with nutrients. Rich in calories, vitamin C, and ...
The American chestnut tree once reigned as the king of hardwoods in the eastern United States. Some 4 billion covered 200 million acres along both sides of the Appalachian Mountains running from Maine ...
The 38-foot tall chestnut tree behind Rick and Jen Hartlieb’s Robesonia farmhouse has to fight for sunlight from a neighboring maple. Of all the chestnuts on their 12-acre farm, this hardy specimen is ...
A brief history of the American chestnut and current restoration efforts, from the drinkable “ches-nog” to genomic selection.
The wild chestnuts around this leafy college town used to grow in such great numbers that locals collected the nuts by the bushel and shipped them off to New York City for a small fortune. These days, ...
Few who delve into the annals of American biological history have not lamented over the loss of the American chestnut (Castanae dentata). For 40 million years these stately trees ran the gamut of the ...
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The giant chestnut tree the Puyallup School District removed from a school playground last month can pose a life-threatening allergic reaction only if digested, experts say. Dr. Jeffrey Demain, a ...
Five years ago, scientists knew they had reached a milestone in their quest to reclaim one of the country's great forest treasures: Some lines of American chestnut saplings, with help from their ...