Fully Grown American Chestnut Found in Delaware

[Tarhead]

https://whyy.org/articles/delaware-american-chestnut-tree/

 

[Jim Wallace]

Thanks for posting. As the article mentions, there are many small sprouts from old stumps. I’ve come across them in the Mountains of NC. Up around Stone Mountain they aren’t uncommon. My understanding is that the blight doesn’t kill them until they reach reproductive age - 15 years or a little more. Few survive past that.

 

[Martin Roper]

They are creating a hybrid species that has the blight resistance of the Asian tree with the appearance of the North American tree.

 

[Jim Wallace]

At Old Coal Mines, the American Chestnut Tries for a Comeback

This article was in the New York Times yesterday and today. Quite timely update to our discussion.

 

[zapdafish]

theres a huge one at tanglwood that my parents fight the squirrels for nuts every year