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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Manager Hans Johsens said the Santa Cruz Mountains provide ideal growing conditions for American-hybrid and Japanese chestnut trees — the coastal fog and rain help sustain the trees, the air ...

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