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24114
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Less than a hundred years ago, Asheville was filled with American chestnut trees. Today, few trees remain. One organization, the American Chestnut Foundation, seeks to change that by working to develop a tree that can survive blight and thrive in the area.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 9 Issue 10, October 2012,
p102-103, il
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7019
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In 1915, the world's largest recorded chestnut tree stood in Haywood County and measured seventeen feet in diameter. Today, North Carolina's largest recorded chestnut stands at Wayah Bald and measures sixteen inches around. In the intervening years, chestnut trees in the Appalachian region were nearly wiped out by a devastating blight. In Asheville, a branch of the American Chestnut Foundation is working to restore these once-mighty trees to the forests.
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8683
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Once covering nine million acres in the eastern United States and Ohio River Valley, the American chestnut was virtually eliminated by an Asian fungus blight in the 1900s. The National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) and The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) are working together to plant blight-resistant chestnut trees. The chestnut was an important food source for wild turkeys. The restoration of the chestnut is a long-term project. The new tree in development will have the blight resistance of the Chinese chestnut and the physical appearance of the American chestnut.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 71 Issue 3, Mar 2007,
p36, il
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9969
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Once the American chestnut spread from the East Coast to the Mississippi River; however, a blight in the early 1930s virtually wiped the tree out.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 54 Issue 1, Jan 1990,
p10-13, il
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36456
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Joining sustainability efforts is the nonprofit American Chestnut Foundation. Factors assuring their sustainability success included partnerships with universities possessing cutting edge technological tools, a successful breeding program at Meadowview Research Farms, and advocacy of volunteers and members known familiarly as “chestnutters.”
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 13 Issue 2, February 2016,
p87
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24716
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Within a few years, one of the state’s most valuable natural resources was wiped out because of a blight; the American chestnut was utterly lost. The author discusses this incident and how a new hybrid could possibly replace the loss in forests.
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17321
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Once the American chestnut spread from the East Coast to the Mississippi River. The trees grew one hundred feet or more. They grew straight for the first fifty feet and produced great timber. The nuts were a cash crop that western North Carolinians sold at Christmastime. However, in 1904 scientists discovered the blight in New York City that by 1950 had destroyed about four billion chestnut trees. It is considered the largest ecological disaster of the 20th century.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 80 Issue 4, Sept 2012,
p154-156, 158, 160, 162-163, il
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2796
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Before most were killed by a blight in the early 20th-century, the American chestnut spread from the East Coast to the Mississippi River. Because the roots survived, many botanists feel a method will be found to bring the trees back.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 60 Issue 2, Feb 1996,
p24-27, il
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