Horse chestnut and sweet chestnut trees aren’t related, even though they have similar names.

While many trees in the southern range were killed by Phytophthora root rot (PRR), the chestnut blight leaves roots intact, so many chestnuts have been surviving by growing back from the roots ...

3. The Romans planted chestnut trees across Europe Sweet chestnuts were an important part of the Roman diet. They ground them into flour or coarse meal to make bread, and Roman soldiers were fed a ...