Barry, Do you have an idea of how tall it is? Or a photo?
It sounds like the Pine Barrens may have chestnuts. I have no idea whether the American species was native there. JP On Mar 4, 4:35 pm, Barry Caselli <[email protected]> wrote: > A few weeks ago I found a Chestnut. It's about a mile from here as the crow > flies. It's on a trail that is an extension of a dirt road. All along the > trail there are native pine barrens trees until suddenly you come across a > couple of white pines and a chestnut. I have no idea of whether it's an > American or Chinese though. From memory I'm guessing it was 6 to 8 inches in > diamater, maybe. > > --- On Tue, 3/3/09, James Parton <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: James Parton <[email protected]> > Subject: [ENTS] The Chestnut Project > To: "ENTS" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2009, 5:13 PM > > ENTS, > > I have finally compiled a tentative list on superlative chestnut trees found > and measured by ENTS members. It concentrates it's attention on the American > Chestnut but is open to all Castanea species. On the American tree I have set > the lower limit for height at 25 feet but exceptions can be made if the tree > for example has a really wide spread or large girth. > > This is my first real attempt at using Microsoft Excel so excuse me if it is > a bit crude. I gleaned the data from ENTS posts on the Chestnut Project page > of the ENTS website as well as other places on our website. > > It should become better and more complete as time goes on. > > Get out there and measure some Chestnuts! > > Thank you Ed for your help and encouragement on the Chestnut Project. > > James Parton > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
