/r/americanchestnut
Subreddit dedicated to the restoration of the American Chestnut tree. Please post any media about American Chestnut restoration around the US or photos of suspected sightings, or crafts/structures made out of the wood.
The American Chestnut (Castanea dentata) once was the king of the Eastern United States forests--consisting of an estimated 1 in 4 trees. In 1904, a blight was accidentally introduced in the US and quickly decimated the 4 billion American Chestnut trees in its native range making it functionally extinct. The American Chestnut blight pandemic is the worst ecological disaster in North American history. With your help, we can bring them back!
American Chestnuts provided a good source of food for people and animals and rot-resistant, long-grained lumber. The tree has been gone for so long, only the most elderly can even recall it. Hundreds of people around the country are working to return this king to the forest. Currently, the means to do so are by cross-breeding the remaining specimens with blight resistant Asian varieties or transgenic methods.
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American Chestnut leaves
FYI, American Chestnut Leaves
18:06 UTC
I have one in my aunts backyard
After conducting reaserch, I believe to have a massive ADULT American chestnut tree. What do we do?
15:01 UTC
Argument for planting
So I recently started a project where I have been restoring native plants and removing invasives around my city for free. It's been pretty successful so far, and I've made some connections with some city officials with pull. I've got a bit of good will built up with them and I've been considering where to put this good will to use.
I've formulated this idea of getting my city to agree to host trees for The American Chestnut Foundation as part of their "Outreach Planting" program. We have great public spaces for it, and a fairly receptive town I believe.
I'm attending a meeting with the tree committee next week, and I'd like to bring it up there to garner some support and then bring it to the city council. I'm mainly looking for help in formulating the argument for it. I'm sure a lot of the tree committee people will be easy to sway, but I'm assuming that when I bring it to the city council, they'll be looking for reasons why it would directly benefit the town.
I can't really formulate any coherent ideas in response to that. I think it would be good PR and news fodder, but that's fairly abstract and intangible. Does anyone have any more concrete arguments I could lead with? Or any other advice would be appreciated as well.
20:24 UTC
Ordered C. dentata from the pacific NW.
Ordered some C. dentata from the pacific north west, stratified.
Ignoring some of these that are unfortunately moldy, any of these actually look like American?
This feels like a hybrid or Chinese right?
Not just a more mature tree producing chestnuts right?
01:22 UTC
Where do I go to find the most recent news about the restoration of the American Chestnut?
I just recently moved to the northeast US, and I've been interested in American Chestnuts ever since I first heard of them about 10 years ago. I sent a message to the local branch of the ACF asking how I can get involved, but didn't receive a reply.
My inquiry is where I should go, and what should I do, in order to be kept updated on the most recent news about the restoration of the American Chestnut.
Thanks in advance!
14:23 UTC
Portugal
18:25 UTC
Science_visuals on Instagram doing great work sharing info on the American Chestnut.
Thought you would all like to see this: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBeO_kERTcS/?igsh=YTM4aDJnY244bzkx
16:28 UTC
ID help
Can anyone confirm this is an American Chestnut? I’m in central ma for reference
02:06 UTC
What do I have here?
A few different single leafs, the 7 leaf portion came from the tree I think the nuts came from.
20:37 UTC
Are wormy chestnuts safe to eat after baking?
I foraged a bag of chestnuts, and now these are in the bag.
16:22 UTC