It’s been argued there was no more important kind of tree in the eastern half of North America than the American Chestnut. The “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire” at Christmas were American Chestnuts. The village blacksmith sat under an American chestnut. One of North America’s first “modern day” species to go extinct, the passenger pigeon, relied on American Chestnuts for food as did other wildlife.
Saving the Ash Tree
Saving the Ash Tree
Saving the Ash Tree
It’s been argued there was no more important kind of tree in the eastern half of North America than the American Chestnut. The “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire” at Christmas were American Chestnuts. The village blacksmith sat under an American chestnut. One of North America’s first “modern day” species to go extinct, the passenger pigeon, relied on American Chestnuts for food as did other wildlife.