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Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh. (American chestnut), growth habit, tree form, suckering from stump
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Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh. (American chestnut), growth habit, tree form, suckering from stump

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digital color photograph 
Born digital
Photographic image
2005 – 2012
Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh. (American chestnut), rounded in youth, this tree is infected with a blight, Cryphonectria parasitica and is regenerating by root suckers only to be attacked again.
Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh. (American chestnut)
Castanea Mill. (chestnut)
Fagaceae (beech family)
Plant Habit
Collection of John Hagstrom Images
Castanea
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Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image are available from the Sterling Morton Library, The Morton Arboretum. For more information, please visit our ABOUT section or complete and submit this form.