Will Hybrid American Chestnuts Help Reforest Mine Land?
“The American chestnut (Castanea dentata) was once a dominant canopy species in the Eastern Deciduous Forest. Unfortunately, the species was decimated by the chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica) in the early 20th century,” say Dr. Brian McCarthy and Lauren Bizzari in the introduction to their poster on “An experimental assessment of […]
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