Wednesday, February 04, 2015

Gleaning Facebook: American Chestnuts (Georgia Botanical Society)

 A great tragedy. 

(The following is taken from the Georgia BotanicalSociety Facebook -- preserving here for future reference.)

Open-grown American Chestnut Silhouette (photo courtesy United States Forest Service)

The family of James and Caroline Shelton stand by a large dead chestnut tree in Tremont Falls, 
Tennessee, circa 1920. (Photo Courtesy of the American Chestnut Foundation)

Lumberjacks stand besides old-growth chestnut trees in North Carolina around 1909/1910. (photo courtesy American Chestnut Foundation)


Lumberjacks stand besides old-growth chestnut trees in North Carolina around 1909/1910. (photo courtesy American Chestnut Foundation)



Leaves

Young bark.



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