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Castanea dentata

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Noun1.Castanea dentata - large tree found from Maine to AlabamaCastanea dentata - large tree found from Maine to Alabama
American chestnut, American sweet chestnut
Castanea, genus Castanea - chestnuts; chinkapins
chestnut tree, chestnut - any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur
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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Family Name Castanea dentata of the Family Fagaceae.
A blight-free future: efforts to revive the American chestnut appear ... by Wood & Wood Products
Sadly, at the dawn of the 20th century, a fungus introduced on imported Chinese chestnut trees very nearly caused the extinction of the American chestnut, or Castanea dentata.
Fighting the blight by Art Culinaire
Castanea dentata (American chestnut) was exposed to water deficits by allowing the substrate to dry via evapotranspiration.
Response of Castanea dentata to drought stress by Hong, Christina / Bulletin of the South Carolina Academy of Science
 
 
 
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