Are American Chestnut Hardwood. In some places such as the appalachian mountains one quarter of hardwoods were chestnuts. American chestnut was once the most important tree of the eastern north american hardwood forest. The chestnut tree is a hardwood tree.
With this latest hybrid unofficially dubbed the restoration chestnut breeders feel they have a tree with enough of the chinese chestnut s natural blight resistance to have a shot at surviving. Once an important hardwood timber tree comma.
But also a tree that is virtually indistinguishable in form growth rate and wood quality from a pure american chestnut.
According to a historical publication many of the dry ridge tops of the central appalachians were so thoroughly crowded with chestnut that in early summer when their canopies were filled with creamy white flowers the mountains. Once an important hardwood timber tree comma. American chestnut wood american chestnut comprised over 60 of the eastern hardwood forests when the first settlers arrived in north america. Prices are likely to be high for a domestic hardwood.
