American Chestnut (Castanea dentata) - A Great American Tree ...
American Chestnut (Castanea dentata) - A Great American Tree ... American Chestnut (Castanea dentata) - A Great American Tree ...
The Appalachian mountains are the coreof the species’ natural range.
Domain – EukaryaKingdom – PlantaePhylum – AnthophytaClass – DicotyledonesOrder – FagalesFamily – FagaceaeGenus – CastaneaSpecies - dentataFungiEubacteriaPlantaeAnimaliaPro tistaArchaebacteriaHow chestnutfits amongliving things:Origins of Life > 3.5 BYA
- Page 1 and 2: American Chestnut (Castanea dentata
- Page 3: Chestnut flowering in early summer
- Page 7 and 8: Evolutionary Migration Pathway - Ca
- Page 9 and 10: Twigs and Buds,Left - Right:America
- Page 12 and 13: Chestnuts make nice shade trees.
- Page 14 and 15: Chestnut was a versatile hardwood q
- Page 16: AbrahamLincoln“Fence Splitter”
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- Page 21: Late 1800’s -Blight PandemicBegan
- Page 24 and 25: Ridges dominated by chestnut were d
- Page 26: Biology of Cryphonectria parasitica
- Page 29 and 30: Blight infects trees of all ages an
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- Page 37 and 38: Hypovirus in vitro - Blight Strain
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- Page 41 and 42: Chinesechestnut resistsblight, but
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- Page 45 and 46: Dr. Hill Craddock with an intercros
- Page 47 and 48: Pollination inthe field ofteninvolv
- Page 49 and 50: Staminate Catkins - Male Flowers On
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- Page 53 and 54: Pink ribbons mark unpollinated chec
The Appalachian mountains are the coreof the species’ natural range.