George, Nice chestnuts! It is great to see so many in one place. The growth form reminds me of Asian chestnut but American trees can be more bushy and less straight if open-grown. It looks like one of the trees has a tall straight form.
James P. On Nov 17, 11:00 pm, "George Fieo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ENTS, > > Back in August I found some chestnut trees growing in a farm park located in > Montgomery Co. I took a leaf home to ID the trees and am almost certain > they are American chestnuts. Today I visited the park to take a few > measurements and photos of the trees. There are about 15 to 20 trees that I > believe are reproducing due to their various sizes. The larger of the trees > may have suffered from the blight, lower limbs are dead, but show signs of > healing. The younger trees look very healthy. I did three measurements on > the largest chestnut. It has two leaders very low to the ground so I > measured 8'7" @ ground level and then at 4.5' for each leader and got 4'3" > and 4'5". There are a handful of trees in the 2' cbh range and a few more > saplings. Most of the trees are between 35' and 45' tall. Lots of burrs on > the ground but found only three half eaten nuts. Ran out of time, had to > get back to work. > > George. > > American chestnuts004.JPG > 197KViewDownload > > American chestnuts007.JPG > 205KViewDownload > > American chestnuts011.JPG > 191KViewDownload > > American chestnuts009.JPG > 193KViewDownload > > American chestnuts012.JPG > 3095KViewDownload > > American chestnuts016.JPG > 207KViewDownload > > American chestnuts024.JPG > 204KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org You are subscribed to the Google Groups "ENTSTrees" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
