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  Guide to the Common Trees of Pennsylvania

Trees | Glossary | Visual Guide | Leaf Parts, Types, & Position

American Chestnut
(Wide & Flat: Alternate Arrangement)
Formerly the most common and arguably the most valuable tree in Pennsylvania for both its wood and nuts. It now persists as stump sprouts and small trees due to the chestnut bark disease commonly called chestnut blight. Chinese chestnut, Castanea mollissima Blume is planted for its 1" nuts. Its leaves are shorter, up to 6" long and pubescent beneath. Chinese chestnut is resistant to chestnut blight.

American Chestnut
Castanea dentata (Marshall) Borkhaussen
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Leaves
Alternate, simple, sharp-pointed at the tip and toothed on the margins; smooth on both upper and lower sides, 6"-11" long.
Twigs
Stout smooth greenish to brown, with numerous small, white, raised lenticels.
Fruit
A prickly bur 2"-3" across, containing 2-3 nuts. Nuts, flattened on one side, are shiny brown, sweet and edible.
Bark
Dark brown and thick with shallow irregular furrows separating broad flat ridges.

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Needle-Shaped or Linear

  

Wide & Flat: Opposite Arrangement

Wide and Flat: Alternate Arrangement

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PA Department of Conservation & Natural Resources
 
 

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