Mystery plant is close relative of American chestnut tree
BY JOHN NELSON
Curator, USC Herbarium
Posted 11/20/11
The American chestnut (Castanea dentata) is a tree that shall forevermore be immortalized as a true forest giant of the eastern U.S., often up to 100 feet tall, and frequently with a trunk diameter of greater than four feet. It is a species that …
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