No, Darling American chestnuts are not hybrids. Hybrid trees have a blended genome from two related species, such as American chestnut and Chinese chestnut. In contrast, Darling trees retain all of ...

The West Virginia Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation reports that hybrid chestnut trees have already been planted at 68 sites in 26 West Virginia counties, though there are also native ...

You’ve probably heard of chestnut trees. And depending on where you live, it’s possible you’ve even driven down a Chestnut Street in your hometown. But have you ever seen a healthy American ...

The West Virginia Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation reports that hybrid chestnut trees have already been planted at ...

Now, scientists are using a combination of techniques to develop blight-resistant trees from this remaining population. The American Chestnut Foundation recognizes you can’t improve what you can ...

Next we will start “diluting” the American chestnut characteristics through breeding to obtain a plant that is mostly Ozark chinquapin. This summer, we moved one step closer to our goal: we crossed ...

Can scientists and the Park Service bring back this iconic tree? At the end of the ... Memorial are about 94 percent American chestnut, the result of generations of backcrossing and intercrossing with ...

In this multi-part series, we will identify some of the tree species and describe some of their unique characteristics. Our first species is the American chestnut (Castanea dentata) sometimes called ...

Sunlight filtered through the overstory of a thick Pennsylvania forest and a few rays fell upon the long, serrated leaves of the American chestnut trees down below. The higher Mike Manes ...

The Tree Talks Lecture Series, sponsored by the Elkins Tree Board and Kump Education Center, Elkins, continues tonight at 7 p ...