Anyone trying to identify chestnuts should consider referencing the following site: http://www.mindspring.com/~psisco/www/overview.html
Regards, Paul J. On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 9:24 AM, Will Fell <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
