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Growing chestnut tree from seed time lapse (165 days)

This time-lapse shows the cold-stratified process and how a chestnut tree growing from a seed to a young plant. We started ...
Winston-Salem Journal

Hybrid chestnut trees showing resistance to blight

Optimism is sprouting from blight-resistant chestnut seedlings in the Cherokee National Forest and other remote outdoor labs. The seedlings are hybrids of American chestnuts and Chinese chestnuts. The ...
JSTOR Daily

Growth-Form and Ecology of American Chestnut Sprout Clones in Northeastern Massachusetts

Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, Vol. 111, No. 3 (Jul. - Sep., 1984), pp. 316-328 (13 pages) The present distribution of chestnut sprout clones in Andover, Massachusetts, includes areas with ...
Frederick News-Post

Efforts to regrow the American chestnut tree sprouting in Frederick County

MIDDLETOWN — Most of the leaves have fallen for the season, but that didn't stop visitors from trying to distinguish American chestnut trees from Chinese chestnuts at the Fox Haven Learning Center ...
The Hill

That new chestnut? USDA plans to allow the release of GE trees into wild forests

Although many Americans still associate the winter holidays with chestnuts, the tree that once produced them — the American chestnut — no longer does so, except in a few rare cases. During the first ...
Poughkeepsie Journal

Species Spotlight: Chestnut oak

Looks like: Chestnut oak trees are deciduous, medium-sized trees that can reach a height of 65 to 80 feet. The long, chestnut-shaped leaves become dark yellowish-green in summer and change to ...