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Healthy B2F2 hybrid chestnut tree in North Carolina

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Burs and Nuts

Harvesting an American chestnut at TACF's Meadowview Research Farms

Open bur of an American chestnut

American chestnuts are hairy and smaller, yet sweeter than European and Asian varieties

Catkins and Leaves

New leaf growth on a young American chestnut sapling

Catkin on a hybrid American chestnut

Catkins on a hybrid American chestnut at Meadoview Research Farms

Sun shining through the leaves of an American chestnut hybrid

American Chestnut Trees

Wild American chestnut seedling in NY

Sun shining through a canopy of hybrid American chestnut trees

Wild American chestnut in the Blue Ridge Mountains of NC

Healthy B2F2 hybrid chestnut tree in North Carolina

Wildlife with the American Chestnut

Gray Tree Frog in Chestnut Tree

Red-spotted purple butterfly on an American hybrid

A Tufted Titmouse sits on the limb of an American chestnut

Barred owl on American chestnut hybrid in TN

Meadowview Research Farms

Greenhouse full of seedlings at Meadowview Research Farms

An orchard of small hybrid trees with larger tree in the foreground at Meadowview Research Farms

Meadowview Research Farms

Overview of Glenn C. Price Farm

Blight

Canker and blight

Blight on young chestnut trees.

Chestnut blight

Blight on wild American chestnut at Frying Pan Mountain, NC

Maps of the American Chestnut Native Range

Native range map of the American chestnut

American chestnut range map

American chestnut native range map