Native Trees of Indiana
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American Chestnut

Castanea dentata

 

AmericanChestnut

Natural range is green.

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Once the dominant tree throughout the eastern deciduous forests of the United States where it grew to impressive dimensions of height and width. In the early 1900's, a fungal disease was introduced from Asia. By 1940, the mighty Chestnut trees had been decimated by this disease. The American Chestnut Cooperators' Foundation works toward developing blight-resistant American Chestnuts and biological controls against Chestnut Blight.

 

Inventory No. 2553 
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