American chestnut
castanea dentata latin

Perhaps she is too young to remember the American chestnut tree.

Will we ever see American chestnuts in our markets again?

We saw that happen with the American chestnut shortly after the turn of the century.

The real value of the American chestnut is as a timber tree.

More evidence is needed to rate the effectiveness of American chestnut for these uses.

The program was started to save the American chestnut.

A blight killed the American chestnut, another original species, at the turn of the century.

The foundation wants to put the American chestnut trees back in the hardwood forest.

The parasite has nearly wiped out the American chestnut tree.

If anything is an archetype for the lost wilderness, it's the American chestnut.

But it's the American chestnut that captured his heart.

But maybe the American chestnut can be brought back."

American chestnuts were all but wiped out by a blight early in this century.

The station now has a mature orchard of healthy American chestnuts.

At this time there is not enough scientific information to determine an appropriate range of doses for American chestnut.

It was built around 1830, consisting of American chestnut logs on a stone foundation.

Some of the last remaining large American Chestnut trees grow in this region.

The American chestnut tree had no resistance to the foreign pest and quickly succumbed.

They also removed American chestnuts that had been killed by the chestnut blight.

By 1940, most mature American chestnut trees had been wiped out by the disease.

So a large number of small American chestnut trees still exist as shoots growing from existing root bases.

Partly resistant ones of this generation are then selected and again bred with American chestnuts.

The American chestnut project has proved among the least controversial, in part because the tree's demise was caused by human intervention.

In foods, an extract of American chestnut is used in beverages.

American chestnut contains chemicals called tannins, which help reduce swelling.

The larvae feed on Castanea species, including Castanea dentata.

The American Chestnut 'Castanea dentata' served as an important source of lumber, because that species has long unbranched trunks.

The Allegheny chinkapin is closely related to the American Chestnut, Castanea dentata, and both trees can be found in the same habitat.