WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue University researcher is working to restore the American chestnut, an important wildlife tree and timber resource that dominated the landscape from Maine to Mississippi ...
Leaves: Deciduous; oppositely arranged; palmately compound leaves; 5 obovate leaflets with lobed, serrate margins. Twigs and buds: Glabrous; stout; reddish-brown; have prominent horse-shoe-shaped leaf ...
The American chestnut was all but destroyed by fungal blight and logged as settlements spread west when the United States was settled by Europeans. But lately, it’s making a comeback. Endangered for ...
Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Leaf shapes play an important role in tree identification, providing key ...