Deep dive: Saving the American chestnut tree offers a tale of hope in dark times. ... chemicals in the Chinese trees’ bark counter the acid cankers by creating a sort of scab around the injury.

But wild American chestnut trees very rarely reach maturity; ... Chestnut Foundation, points to a gangly, thin chestnut tree just about 2 feet tall with a section of scraped off bark. ...

All over eastern North America right now, chestnut breeders are pollinating tree flowers. "So here is actually some flowers," Retired forester John Scrivani explains. They’re beautiful.

The fungus would grow in wounds in the tree bark, causing blisters that blocked the flow of sap and slowly killed the trees. By 1929, a healthy American chestnut became a rare sight.

The fungus would grow in wounds in the tree bark, causing blisters that blocked the flow of sap and slowly killed the tree. By 1929, a healthy American chestnut became a rare sight.

A blight-resistant chestnut tree developed by researchers at SUNY ESF is moving forward in its review by the USDA.

The American chestnut tree, or číhtkęr in Tuscarora, once grew across what is currently the eastern United States, from Mississippi to Georgia, ... With craggy bark and shaggy branches of feathery ...

These 5 tree species are dying. Scientists are racing to save them. Invasives have largely wiped out the American chestnut and elm, caused “hell” with the beech, and are now wreaking havoc on ...

The chestnut blight is a fungus accidentally brought to North America on imported Asiatic trees in the late 1800s, and it’s devastated our wild American species, rendering it functionally extinct.

Opinion ‘America’s tree’ is missing. Will we do what it takes to bring it back? Genetic modification is the only credible path to restoring the blight-wracked American chestnut.

Once a towering presence in northeastern forests, the American Chestnut is making a quiet comeback in Brooklyn.

The chestnut blight is a fungus accidentally brought to North America on imported Asiatic trees in the late 1800s, and it’s devastated our wild American species, rendering it functionally extinct.