Common Name - American Chestnut Tree

Scientific Name - Castanea dentata

This stump is all that remains of the American Chestnut Tree after its removal.
This tree was located at
private residence
2507 Champaign Avenue
Mattoon, Illinois
The American Chestnut Tree
Researched by Keisha

© Riddle Elementary School, Mattoon, IL - 2003

 
"When some remote ancestor of ours invented the shovel, he became a giver:  he could plant a tree.  And when the axe was invented, he became a taker:  he could chop it down.  Whoever owns land has thus assumed, whether he knows it or not, the divine functions of creating and destroying plants."

Aldo Leopold In "A Sand County Almanac" 

 

For more information about The American Chestnut Tree, visit: www.acf.org

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