Most surviving chestnut trees have a relatively tiny diameter at ... creating a prosperous Black community that would thrive for nearly a century with the help of 300 to 400 acres fueling its ...

Before the blight, the American chestnut was the dominant tree in hardwood forests from ... its autumn mast feeding white-tailed deer, black bears, eastern gray squirrels, fox squirrels, passenger ...

The black locust tree can take in atmospheric ... As temperatures warm, the optimal range for the chestnut tree, and a number of other tree species, will be shifting northward into the northern ...

The rare mature American chestnut tree stands in the “middle of nowhere” deep in ... green and white ash, beech, black oak, and sycamore — plus several towering tulips and a majestic state champion ...

The New York Restoration Project has launched an effort to plant 1,000 thriving American chestnut trees that are hybridized with the blight-resistant Chinese chestnut tree across the five boroughs.