I really didn't get enough of a close up view of the leaves, but the bark was consistant with Chinese Chestnut. American Chestnut was a tree of rich soils and here in the south in was not present in the coastal plains and their poorer, lighter soils (and by all accounts, the jersey pinelands are an extension of the SE Coastal plain) I have found many old chinese chestnuts in old homeplaces all through the coastal plain and never an american chestnut south or east of the fall line. If you will examine the leaves with a hand lens, american chestnut leaf is hairless or glabrous underneath where the chinese chestnut is finely hairy or tomentose (fuzzy) underneath.
On Aug 23, 11:06 pm, Barry Caselli <[email protected]> wrote: > ENTS, > About a week ago I put up a 4-part video series on my Youtube account of a > hike down a dirt road and trail nearby. I announced it to the group and got > no response. In part 1 of the series, I came upon a Chestnut tree and asked > for help in identifying it. I would think that if anyone watched the videos, > that the chestnut tree would have been brought up for discussion. But I guess > not. Anyway, can any of you tell my looking at the leaves and bark whether a > Chestnut is a Chinese or American? That's what I asked while I was filming. > Here's the link:http://www.youtube.com/user/MillerMeteor74 > I enjoy other people's posts and I say so after I read them. > > Thanks, > Barry --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
