and look absolutely stunning during the fall when their leaves change to a burnt orange hue. They're also one of the few chestnut trees resistant to chestnut blight, a particularly lethal tree ...

While many trees in the southern range were killed by Phytophthora root rot (PRR), the chestnut blight leaves roots intact, so many chestnuts have been surviving by growing back from the roots ...

From left to right, the trees are a blight-susceptible wild-type American chestnut (C. dentata) called Ellis 1, a blight-resistant Chinese chestnut (C. mollissima) tree called 'Qing,' and two ...

In addition, leaves of American chestnut contain greater nutrient concentrations (nitrogen [N], phosphorus [P], potassium [K]) than most other co-occurring trees therefore its loss affects soil ...

In this edition of ID That Tree, Purdue Extension forester Lenny Farlee introduces you to chestnut oak, sometimes called rock ... It has small, very rounded lobed leaves and strongly ridged, very dark ...

Sunlight filtered through the overstory of a thick Pennsylvania forest and a few rays fell upon the long, serrated leaves of the American chestnut trees down below. The higher Mike Manes ...

Horse chestnut and sweet chestnut trees aren’t related, even though they have similar names.

Horse chestnut is a type of tree with potentially beneficial compounds in its bark, leaves, flowers, and seeds. Some research on the use of horse chestnut shows it may be beneficial for conditions ...

However, our research team is studying microbes found in some beech leaves that could lead to biocontrol treatments, and adapting chestnut tissue culture protocols to help conserve and propagate ...

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 ...

It is officially spring in Geneva. The coming of the new season is traditionally marked by the official chestnut tree on the ...