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Redstone Arsenal has a nature trail area near the Tennessee River where I like to walk my dogs. Then I noticed a lot of American Chestnut-like trees:
- Double trunked from single source.
- Last fall's seed pods, small and hairy (brought back a sample.)
- Evidence of small blight-like, killed trees, without bark.
- Some very straight, very tall trees whose trunks are about the diameter of a large power pole.
- Some leaf litter that includes semi-serrated leafs (brought back a sample.)
Tomorrow, I can go back and make some videos showing what I've seen including close ups of bark. I'll try to share images of the samples I found (they are in the glovebox.)
If this is a grove of American Chestnuts in the wild, what and to whom should I share what I've found?
BACKGROUND:
I'm a 74 year old, retired engineer with only a passing curiosity about the American Chestnut. I don't have the skills to know what I'm looking at. But I would be happy to give GPS coordinates or even guide an expert to this grove.
Thanks,
Bob Wilson
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The leaf and the seed pod do not look much like chestnut. The lobes on the leaves are similar to white oak. I found pictures on the internet of a swamp white oak leaf and acorn cap that resembles your find.
My chestnut trees have sharply serrated leaves and the pods are very spiky and sizable
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