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
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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