American chestnut

…(such as chestnut trees [Castanea dentata] and passenger pigeons [Ectopistes migratorius]) but appear to be remarkably similar to pre-1650 forests.

…killed virtually all the native American chestnuts in the United States and Canada. An estimated four billion trees have succumbed to the disease, significantly altering forest structures and having severe economic impacts on the nut and lumber industries. Chestnut blight is also destructive in other countries and to certain other…

…is the loss of the American chestnut (Castanea dentata) in eastern North America after the accidental introduction of the fungus, Endothia parasitica, that causes chestnut blight. The chestnut, a once-abundant tree, was removed with surgical precision over its entire range beginning in the early 20th century. All that survive are…

…but was lethal to the American chestnut (Castanea dentata), the dominant species of extensive stands in the southern Appalachians and elsewhere. Once a common and popular shade tree and a source of smooth-grained, easily worked wood and of the abundant mast that was one of the principal foods of indigenous…

The American chestnut (C. dentata), a fast-growing tree that often reached 30 metres (100 feet), formerly extended over a large area of eastern North America from which it has been virtually eliminated by chestnut blight, a fungal disease. Vigorous stump sprouts are found in many areas,…

dentata (American chestnut) and C. pumila (chinquapin) were used extensively by the native Indians for a variety of foods, from roasted nuts to breads; however, the advent of the blight and the subsequent destruction of vast stands of C. dentata virtually eliminated it as a source…

…example, the disappearance of the American chestnut (Castanea dentata) in many forests in eastern North America due to chestnut blight has been largely compensated for by the expansion of oak (Quercus) and hickory (Carya) species, although there are certainly commercial consequences of this replacement.