Index / Search / Castanea dentata
§1 Plant
Castanea dentata (Marshall) Borkh.
vernacular American chestnut — species · Fagaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Fagaceae Dumort.
- Genus
- Castanea
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 474 counties across 20 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- None
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- None
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -33 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 150 min.
- Precipitation
- 35–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.5–6.5
- Root depth
- 20 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 115 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 35 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Yellow-Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Early Summer
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- None
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 100
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Field Collections Only
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- Yes
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- Yes
- Fuelwood
- High
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 474 counties across 20 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Bartow 13015
- Clarke 13059
- Clay 13061
- Dade 13083
- Forsyth 13117
- Gilmer 13123
- Gwinnett 13135
- Hall 13139
- Jackson 13157
- Lincoln 13181
- Meriwether 13199
- Morgan 13211
- Murray 13213
- Newton 13217
- Pike 13231
- Rabun 13241
- Randolph 13243
- Spalding 13255
- Stephens 13257
- Taliaferro 13265
- Towns 13281
- Union 13291
- Upson 13293
- Walton 13297
Kentucky view state ↗ 82 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Allen 21003
- Barren 21009
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Boyd 21019
- Boyle 21021
- Breathitt 21025
- Breckinridge 21027
- Bullitt 21029
- Butler 21031
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carlisle 21039
- Carter 21043
- Casey 21045
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Clinton 21053
- Cumberland 21057
- Daviess 21059
- Edmonson 21061
- Elliott 21063
- Estill 21065
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Garrard 21079
- Graves 21083
- Grayson 21085
- Green 21087
- Greenup 21089
- Hancock 21091
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Henry 21103
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Johnson 21115
- Knott 21119
- Knox 21121
- Larue 21123
- Laurel 21125
- Lawrence 21127
- Lee 21129
- Leslie 21131
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Logan 21141
- Madison 21151
- Magoffin 21153
- Marion 21155
- Marshall 21157
- Martin 21159
- McCreary 21147
- Meade 21163
- Menifee 21165
- Metcalfe 21169
- Monroe 21171
- Montgomery 21173
- Morgan 21175
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Nelson 21179
- Ohio 21183
- Oldham 21185
- Owsley 21189
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Russell 21207
- Scott 21209
- Taylor 21217
- Todd 21219
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
Louisiana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 16 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 8 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 20 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Allegany 36003
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Columbia 36021
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Fulton 36035
- Greene 36039
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Niagara 36063
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Otsego 36077
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Steuben 36101
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Alexander 37003
- Avery 37011
- Buncombe 37021
- Caldwell 37027
- Cherokee 37039
- Clay 37043
- Cleveland 37045
- Cumberland 37051
- Forsyth 37067
- Gaston 37071
- Graham 37075
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- McDowell 37111
- Mitchell 37121
- Orange 37135
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Union 37179
- Watauga 37189
- Yancey 37199
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 67 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 76 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Dickenson 51051
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Henry 51089
- Highland 51091
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King George 51099
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Madison 51113
- Mathews 51115
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Tazewell 51185
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
West Virginia view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Berkeley 54003
- Braxton 54007
- Brooke 54009
- Calhoun 54013
- Clay 54015
- Fayette 54019
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hancock 54029
- Hardy 54031
- Jackson 54035
- Jefferson 54037
- Kanawha 54039
- Marion 54049
- McDowell 54047
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Mingo 54059
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Nicholas 54067
- Ohio 54069
- Pendleton 54071
- Pocahontas 54075
- Preston 54077
- Putnam 54079
- Raleigh 54081
- Randolph 54083
- Ritchie 54085
- Summers 54089
- Taylor 54091
- Tucker 54093
- Tyler 54095
- Upshur 54097
- Wayne 54099
- Webster 54101
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CADE12 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5333230 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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