found one!

[TNlandowner]

We found this tree while marking timber for harvest today. I believe this is an American Chestnut.

 

[Bayou Buck]

Cool!

 

[8 POINTS OR BETTER]

Did it have the blight? Any scaring? Can you get a close-up of the bark, leaves, and the bur? If it is an American that is a great find.

 

[TNlandowner]

Did it have the blight? Any scaring? Can you get a close-up of the bark, leaves, and the bur? If it is an American that is a great find.

No signs of blight or scaring. There are weaker limbs due to over story trees taking away sun light. We are going back to the tree this Thursday morning. I'll get a few more pictures. Here's a pic of one of the seed pods. A few folks suggested a Allegeny Chinkapin tree. Either way, I'm tickled with the find.

 

[TS_13]

Thats not a chinquapin seed.... Its a chestnut.... That leaf is still throwing me off.....humm..... can you take a close up of a leaf?

 

[8 POINTS OR BETTER]

It doesn't look like a chinkpin. Did the pod just have one seed in it?

 

[Pine Ridge]

That's really a great find! congrats!

 

[TS_13]

It looks to have 2 seeds doesnt it.... The leaf doesnt look right.

It doesn't look like a chinkpin. Did the pod just have one seed in it?

 

[drrxnupe]

awesome!

 

[PickettSFHunter]

Very interesting. I wonder if it is American. I have several on one of my properties, they get to about 20 feet, produce a few nuts, catch blight, die back to stump, and repeat the process all over again.

 

[TNlandowner]

Sorry for the slow response. I'm headed back to the farm tomorrow. I'll get a few more pictures.

The seed pods have one nut, about 3/4" in size. The leaves are 6 - 8 inches long.

 

[Football Hunter]

Would be nice to do some trimming and cutting to give that tree some more sun and let it grow,if you can.I sure would.

 

[Biggun4214]

Over the years I have saw several American Chestnut trees scattered through Middle and East Tn. Some were 12-14 inches in diameter. Found several good size trees in the GSMNP a few years ago. I found a small one during a botnany class and the grad assistant told me I was crazy. The leaf mysteriously disappeared between classes.

 

[TNlandowner]

We are planning to cut some of the tall pines to bring in more light. Fortunately, we found the mate to the tree. Both seem to be doing well even while growing in limited sunlight. Here are a few pics showing the bark, leaves, and nuts.

I wonder when the trees will start dropping the nuts?

 

[TS_13]

Too cool man....

 

[Jarred525]

That is a great find! Cool.

 

[PickettSFHunter]

Check this out

http://www.acf.org/find_a_tree.php

 

[Winchester]

Very cool!

 

[Hillbilly Hunter]

Wish I had a hillside of them!

 

[drrxnupe]

I wouldn't cut too much from around it. The fact that it had cover may have been protecting it.

 

[8 POINTS OR BETTER]

I looks like they have been pruned. How long have you owned the property.

 

[TNlandowner]

Check this out

http://www.acf.org/find_a_tree.php

Thank you, we will send a sample and photos in for identification.

 

[TNlandowner]

I looks like they have been pruned. How long have you owned the property.

Yes, the lower limbs have been pruned from these trees.

Sorry for the confusion, this property belongs to a client, who has owned the property over 30 years. After speaking with the property owner, we think her deceased husband may have planted these trees as a project in the 1990's.

The trees are growing in an area designated for clear cutting. Thankfully, we found them and established a "no-entry" area for the loggers. The land owner agreed to allow us access to the nuts as they mature.

 

[primos32]

Great find!!!

 

[plinker22]

Label me Jealous. What a great find. With the deceased husband of land-owner planting them, I would assume they are some sort of geneticly altered chestnut.

Wouldn't it be nice to have him here to answer some questions. Don't you know he would be excited to know a group of hunters are excited about discovering his prize.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[TNlandowner]

Label me Jealous. What a great find. With the deceased husband of land-owner planting them. Wouldn't it be nice to have him here to answer some questions. Don't you know he would be excited to know a group of hunters are excited about discovering his prize. Thanks for sharing.

Yes indeed; his wife is absolutely thrilled by our excitement. We were very fortunate to find these trees. The area doesn't have many valuable timber trees, mainly pulp trees. Thankfully, we inspected the area before simply marking the boundaries!

We have had various opinions on the actual identification, so we are sending a sample in to the ACF for help.

 

[Boone 58]

My chestnut trees just started in the last few days!!!

 

[snaildarter]

I hunt a farm in Jackson County that has an isolated hollow that has a few chestnut trees on it, I am going to check them out closely this weekend. I will post some pictures next week. I've hunted and killed many deer near these trees, but never even thought that they may be Americans.

 

[Doskil]

Doesn't look like an American chestnut but I've never seen american chestnuts that big


http://www.acf.org/Tree_ID/chinamerover_02.php

 

[ROUGH COUNTRY HUNTER]

nice