I vote for American chestnut (Castanea dentata) too. There is not much doubt in my mind at all. It looks like it is struggling against the blight. I have seen a lot of them like that in and around the Allegheny National Forest here in Pennsylvania.
Kirk Johnson From: "Edward Frank" <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 13:02:02 -0400 To: <[email protected]> Subject: [ENTS] Re: mystery tree ID please Will, As I read these discussions and look at different online references on the species I am less sure of the identification. It may not be Allegheny Chinkapin, perhaps it is American Chestnut, but it still doesn't look to me like the American Chestnut with which I am familiar. Could it be one of the European or Japanese Chestnuts? Barry was the tree blighted or was it damaged by a fire? Ed "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science." - Albert Einstein ----- Original Message ----- From: Edward Frank <mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 12:10 PM Subject: [ENTS] Re: mystery tree ID please Will, Barry, It is interesting that the two people from the south think this is American Chestnut while Steve, Beth and I think it is Allegheny chinkapin. Are there regional variations? I am not insisting I am right based upon a video clip, but it doesn't really look like American Chestnut to me. I have small bushes in my back yard, areas I have visited in Allegheny National Forest have hundreds to thousands of A, Chestnut trees, many in the thirty to foirty foot range. I have visited, measured, and photographed many of the largest Am, Chestnuts in this region - ones being pollinated and seeds collected by the American Chestnut Foundation, so I am very familiar with the species. However, I am less familiar with chinkapin. I know their leaves are smaller in general and perhaps not as pointy - this specimen has very pointy leaves. Certainly I have never seen bark like that on a chestnut. Perhaps some leaves could be collected or nuts collected and sent to the American Chestnut Foundation for their opinion?. Chinkapin is also subject to chestnut blight but generally not as severely as American Chestnut. Ed "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science." - Albert Einstein ----- Original Message ----- From: Will Blozan <mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 11:40 AM Subject: [ENTS] Re: mystery tree ID please Barry, Without a doubt, American chestnut. Too bad the blight destroyed it. For those thinking it is chinquapin, I¹ll try to get some comparison photos. They hardly look similar at all; at least the C. pumila we have here in the southern Apps. Will F. Blozan President, Eastern Native Tree Society President, Appalachian Arborists, Inc. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Barry Caselli Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 5:13 AM To: ENTS Subject: [ENTS] mystery tree ID please ENTS, Hope everyone is enjoying your weekend. I was hiking yesterday and found this tree. I shot a video, just a minute or two in length. Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlZfpHpmvjA Thanks, Barry</table --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
