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Virginia Nature Journal for May
The virtual extinction of the American chestnut across its range is like the story of the sack and burning of Troy. A few old timers can still remember when it was the dominant canopy tree both sides of the Appalachian … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Memoir
Tagged American chestnut tree, Blacksmith, blight, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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