Fagaceae - Beech Family
"A Year With the Trees" - Tree Number 34
American chestnut
Castanea dentata
Spring
"A Year With the Trees" - Tree Number 34
American chestnut
Castanea dentata
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| American chestnut on the Blue Ridge Parkway in May
The American chestnut tree once numbered an estimated 3 billion trees. The chestnut blight and mass cuttings of these trees in the early 20th century left us with only a few large American chestnut trees in the world today. The trees now only grow up to 20 feet or so and die. There is research and programs that exist that are working to restore the American chestnut. http://www.acf.org/
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Summer
Photos and images to be added as I create them. So, hopefully, coming in the Summer of 2018. Anyone want to donate an image to the blog? Just let me know.
Fall
Mac took these photos while on a hike at Tremont in the Great Smokey Mtn. National Park.
The American chestnut does not live to be a tall and mighty tree as it once did on earth. There are a few surviving large American chestnut trees today in various parts of the United States. The American chestnut Foundation is working to see that we do not lose this incredible tree. Today they grow to become only very small trees, and then stop growing; this is due to the chestnut plight. You can read more about the American Chestnut Foundation at http://www.acf.org/. If you think you have found an American chestnut tree, they will help you identify the tree.
Winter
This American chestnut is a very young tree planted last year at the Botanical Gardens of Asheville. http://www.ashevillebotanicalgardens.org/
The American chestnuts trees were known for their nuts that are encased in a spiny husk. If one finds an American chestnut in the Smoky Mtn. National Park that has a diameter of greater than ten inches, the park asks you to report it to a ranger or visitor center. There is much research under way to try to find a way to protect the American chestnuts from the fungus that killed so many.
For the love of the trees,
Becky
Photos and images to be added as I create them. So, hopefully, coming in the Summer of 2018. Anyone want to donate an image to the blog? Just let me know.
Fall
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| The American chestnut. Photograph by Mac Post. |
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| The American chestnut. Photograph by Mac Post. |
The American chestnut does not live to be a tall and mighty tree as it once did on earth. There are a few surviving large American chestnut trees today in various parts of the United States. The American chestnut Foundation is working to see that we do not lose this incredible tree. Today they grow to become only very small trees, and then stop growing; this is due to the chestnut plight. You can read more about the American Chestnut Foundation at http://www.acf.org/. If you think you have found an American chestnut tree, they will help you identify the tree.
Winter
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| Young American chestnut fall leaf - Photo by Robert Priddy www.robertpriddyphoto.com |
This American chestnut is a very young tree planted last year at the Botanical Gardens of Asheville. http://www.ashevillebotanicalgardens.org/
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| Young American chestnut twig- photo by Robert Priddy www.robertpriddyphoto.com |
For the love of the trees,
Becky
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| American chestnut's prickly burr |
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