Tree in Carpenter’s Woods Confirmed as Mature American Chestnut

Ken LeRoy, ISA Certified Arborist PD-78, confirmed the identification of a rare, mature American Chestnut tree in Carpenter’s Woods.

Ken examined the tree and definitively identified it as a mature Castanea dentata, which is a rarity anywhere due to blight which attacks and kills our native chestnuts, often before they can reach full maturity. Per Ken, the winter buds and twigs are glabrous; mollisima’s buds are pubescent.

Dave Bower (L) and Dave Dannenberg (R) next to the mature American Chestnut tree that stands in Carpenter’s Woods.