Q: What can you tell me about American and Chinese chestnut? A: American chestnut (genus Castanea, species dentate) is in the beech family. This tree was a plentiful species, providing 25 percent of ...
OAK HILL — For over a century, scientists, ecologists and ordinary citizens have been grappling with the near total destruction of a species of tree that comprised a quarter of the Appalachian forests ...