George,
Looks like some kind of non-native species. Man, the blight has hit them hard! Will F. Blozan President, Eastern Native Tree Society President, Appalachian Arborists, Inc. _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of George Fieo Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 11:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ENTS] Chestnuts in Montgomery Co. Pa. 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. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
