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American Chestnut

Castanea dentata

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Field Notes

Notes:

If you search enough you can occasionally see chestnuts in the 20-30 foot range, even though fully grown trees are almost totally absent from the eastern U.S. This tree may survive long enough to flower and perhaps produce fruit in the next few years.

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Comments (4)

yes, I recognize the leaves immediately. take good care of the tree, I hope it finally brings you flowers.
Yes Scott, MT Diablo in California. But those chestnuts are not edible.
Is that Mt. Diablo in California? Here's an interesting article about efforts to save the American Chestnut, starting almost 100 years ago, by growing it in CA; http://articles.latimes.com/2008/nov/05/food/fo-calcook5
Mt Diablo has a lot of chestnuts. Though i have never seen this tree on Mt Diablo.
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PublishedJuly 1, 2011

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