Pre-Blight Distribution of Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh

Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) Brood Microhabitat Selection in the Southern Appalachians

“…Like most of southern New England, Rhode Island was almost completely cleared of forests for agriculture and fuel wood by the dawn of the American industrial revolution (Butler & Wharton 2002). Around the turn of the 20th century, chestnut blight eliminatedthe remaining maturechestnuts (Russell 1987), which changed the dominant forest composition from oak-chestnut to oak-hickory Carya spp. (Butler & Wharton 2002).…”

A transcriptome-based genetic map of Chinese chestnut (Castanea mollissima) and identification of regions of segmental homology with peach (Prunus persica)

“…At the turn of the twentieth century, the American chestnut (Castanea dentata) was one of the predominant tree species in the deciduous forests of the eastern USA, estimated at 25 % of the standing timber in those forests (Little 1977;Russell 1987). The American chestnut had great value as a source of tannins for the leather industry and for many wood products, including pulp and paper, timber, and furniture (Buttrick 1915;Anagnostakis 1987).…”

The Forestry Reclamation Approach: guide to successful reforestation of mined lands

“…Historical literature and examination of sprouts and remnants of older trees indicate that American chestnut preferred rich, noncalcareous, welldrained, acidic to slightly acidic soils (pH about 4 to 6); it was a dominant component of slopes and ridgetops throughout the Appalachian region but grew poorly in wet soils (Abrams and McCay 1996, Abrams and Ruffner 1995, Braun 1950, Burke 2011, Frothingham 1912, Paillet 2002, Russell 1987, Wang and others 2013). Chestnut's abundance on the landscape varied with many factors including land use history, but it reportedly accounted for about 25 percent of the virgin timber in the southern Appalachian Mountains and more than 50 percent of the timber in some second-growth forests (Braun 1950, Buttrick 1915, Frothingham 1912.…”