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 ...

CENTREVILLE, Del. (AP) — After the species was devastated by an Asian blight in the early 20th century, a single American chestnut tree in Centreville has been deemed a “precious resource” by the ...

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 ...

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 ...