American Chestnut
American Chestnut Castanea dentata is a beautiful spreading tree
that used to be common in North America and was much valued for its timber and
its nuts. In the early 1900s a fungal disease, the Chestnut Blight, gained
a foothold in America and eventually killed almost all of the chestnut trees.
The fruits of this tree have a spiny outer casing containing between 1 and 5
dull brown nuts that are good to eat. Other species of chestnut from Europe
and Asia are more resistant to Chestnut Blight.
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