George & Will, The trees remind me somewhat of European Chestnut. They are Americanlike in some ways but still different than our native chestnut. The burrs on these seem a little more " course " than the American ones I am used to seeing. European chestnuts are also blight vulnerable. Chinese and Japanese trees are quite resistant. I cannot outright say they are not American without seeing more of them, like a green leaf, but like the Dillingham chestnuts of Big Ivy, they look a little different than the typical Chestnuts I usually find in the woods.
James. PS. American or not, it is a great find. On Nov 18, 7:52 am, "Will Blozan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > George, > > Looks like some kind of non-native species. Man, the blight has hit them > hard! > > Will F. Blozan > > President, Eastern Native Tree Society > > President, Appalachian Arborists, Inc. > > _____ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of George Fieo > Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 11:01 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ENTS] Chestnuts in Montgomery Co. Pa. > > ENTS, > > Back in August I found some chestnut trees growing in a farm park located in > Montgomery Co. I took a leaf home to ID the trees and am almost certain > they are American chestnuts. Today I visited the park to take a few > measurements and photos of the trees. There are about 15 to 20 trees that I > believe are reproducing due to their various sizes. The larger of the trees > may have suffered from the blight, lower limbs are dead, but show signs of > healing. The younger trees look very healthy. I did three measurements on > the largest chestnut. It has two leaders very low to the ground so I > measured 8'7" @ ground level and then at 4.5' for each leader and got 4'3" > and 4'5". There are a handful of trees in the 2' cbh range and a few more > saplings. Most of the trees are between 35' and 45' tall. Lots of burrs on > the ground but found only three half eaten nuts. Ran out of time, had to > get back to work. > > George. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org You are subscribed to the Google Groups "ENTSTrees" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
