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I was going out to mark some property lines on a section of family land that really hasn't seen any use in a while. We own alot of land & most of it isn't managed very well. Well, anyways I was asking my grandmother what landmarks I should look for near the corners. For one she told me there is a metal pipe in the ground, but the easy way to find it is there is a giant American Chestnut about 20 feet from it. She goes on to tell me that she had a bioligist from a local university come out and take a look at it 40 or so years ago because of its vast size. I know about the blight, but nothing about iding a tree from another. She is 90something and doesn't exactly know whats going on all the time. Nor had she been out to this corner in likely close to 40 years. I walk off in the direction of the corner expecting to find nothing but a pipe in the ground if I'm lucky. Well, I get back near where the corner should be & come across a tree that is about 10 feet in diameter & well over 100 feet tall. About 20 feet away is a pipe sticking out of the ground. The tree is full of buds at its top & just looks ancient. I get online and look up images of giant American Chestnuts & sure enough the first thing I go to has bark almost identical to this tree.
http://ctacf.org/page.cfm/AmericanChestnutTree
scroll down a little to the old picture w/ a guy between 2 huge trees.
This tree is in a densley wooded area so picking up leaves was not a priority at the time. Are there any other trees that can grow to this size & have this bark pattern? I did not have a camera w/ me either so no picks atm either. The pieces of bark get as big around as my arm and run for dozens of feet up the tree in straight lines. This tree is in the south eastern u.s. so I know that it is very unlikely that it actually is an American Chestnut after the blight. Curious as to what it could be though.
http://ctacf.org/page.cfm/AmericanChestnutTree
scroll down a little to the old picture w/ a guy between 2 huge trees.
This tree is in a densley wooded area so picking up leaves was not a priority at the time. Are there any other trees that can grow to this size & have this bark pattern? I did not have a camera w/ me either so no picks atm either. The pieces of bark get as big around as my arm and run for dozens of feet up the tree in straight lines. This tree is in the south eastern u.s. so I know that it is very unlikely that it actually is an American Chestnut after the blight. Curious as to what it could be though.