American Chestnut (Castanea dentata) Common Name(s): American Chestnut. Scientific Name: Castanea dentata. Distribution: Eastern United States. Tree Size: 100-120 ft (30-37 m) tall, 5-7 ft (1.5-2.0 m) trunk diameter* *Because of the chestnut blight of the early 1900s, very few trees of this size currently exist. Average Dried Weight: 30 lbs/ft ...

2017年10月23日 · The American chestnut was a common tree, and in many areas it composed over 25 percent of the forest. The American chestnut was best known for its fruit and wood. The fruit is a nut enclosed in a round spiny cover called a bur.

The American chestnut (Castanea dentata) is a large, fast-growing deciduous tree of the beech family native to eastern North America. [3] . As is true of all species in the genus Castanea, the American chestnut produces burred fruit with edible nuts.

2018年7月30日 · The American chestnut tree reigned over 200 million acres of eastern woodlands from Maine to Florida, and from the Piedmont plateau in the Carolinas west to the Ohio Valley, until succumbing to a lethal fungus infestation, known as the chestnut blight, during the first half of the 20th century.

American Chestnut comprised over 60% of the eastern hardwood forests when the first settlers arrived in North America. Due to its wonderful stable disposition, chestnut was used for every utility purpose by the colonials.

2021年10月21日 · The American chestnut tree was once a majestic species – one of the tallest and quickest-growing trees in the country. But what was once a valuable food and wood source for the United States was all but wiped out by a devastating disease.

In about 50 years, the pathogen Cryphonectria parasitica reduced the American chestnut from its invaluable role to a tree that now grows mostly as an early-successional-stage shrub. There has been no new chestnut lumber sold in the U.S. for decades, and the bulk of the 20-millon-pound annual nut crop now comes from introduced European or Asian ...

Due to the rapid chestnut harvesting across the 20th century, many American chestnut trees were cut down, causing a rapid population decline in the formerly prosperous species. American chestnut is a particularly durable type of wood, especially due to its resistance to rot.

2024年4月1日 · People might remember the chestnut for its tasty nuts, but in its day the tree had lots of commercial uses. Its wood resembled oak. Though coarser, lighter, and weaker, chestnut better resisted wood-destroying fungi, which made it a natural for fence posts and railway ties.

Chestnut wood, however, doesn’t only come from a single Chestnut wood species. It comes from trees that belong to the Castanea family. Among the species of Chestnut, the most popular is the American Chestnut. This Chestnut species exhibits an array of shades and hues from medium brown to pale white, turning reddish over time.