The leaves do look wider than the handful of American Chestnuts that I've seen, but it's hard to say what exactly they are.
Either way, good find! It's nice to see some Chestnuts still surviving despite the Blight. On Nov 19, 3:51 am, James Parton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > George, > > Chinese Chestnut leaves are often light colored on the underside and > the underside often has a fuzzy texture to it. The leaves tend to be > thicker than American Chestnut. This is said to be more pronounced in > open-grown trees. > > JP > > On Nov 18, 8:37 pm, "George Fieo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > James, > > > I do have a few more pics and one of the leaves I picked back in August. > > It's dry but still green. Maybe it could help. Are the flowers any easier > > to ID ? I can go back when they start blooming. > > > George. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > > Behalf Of James Parton > > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 4:16 PM > > To: ENTSTrees > > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Chestnuts in Montgomery Co. Pa. > > > 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. > > > American chestnuts003.JPG > > 201KViewDownload > > > American chestnuts005.JPG > > 225KViewDownload > > > American chestnuts022.JPG > > 213KViewDownload > > > Chestnut leaf002.JPG > > 157KViewDownload > > > Chestnut leaf004.JPG > > 159KViewDownload > > > Chestnut leaf006.JPG > > 147KViewDownload- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
