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This article makes it sound as if there's no large American Chestnuts, but that's not completely accurate. The largest trees in the US are a pair of trees in Th
by bcbrown 4y ago
This article makes it sound as if there's no large American Chestnuts, but that's not completely accurate. The largest trees in the US are a pair of trees in Thurston County, WA, that are 80-90' tall with ~10' circumferences: https://d3f9k0n15ckvhe.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/2021-National-Register-of-Champion-Trees.pdf https://d3f9k0n15ckvhe.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/202...
- tunap 4y agoIIRC, they do grow, blight free in the West. However, anything in the Appalachian range, (this species' native habitat?) dies from blight pretty consistently. Lost 4 billion trees in 40 years. Edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chestnut#North_America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chestnut#North_America