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American Chestnut

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17 years ago

The American Chestnut is pretty much unheard of around here, and I was quite surprised to find this grove in Trempealeau County, just a short distance from the Mississippi River. The owner of the property told me he's verified they were planted in 1870. The largest has a dbh of about 4'. Many are declining, but the blight has not yet found them. The U of Minnesota has collected seeds and told him they are not resistant to the blight. The theory for their survival is geographic isolation and the prevailing west winds, which keeps the fungus from traveling this far west.

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