Castanea images

These photographs were taken in New York State, in 2002.  These mature trees appear to be American Chestnuts, Castanea dentata, or hybrids with other species in the genus.

All images Copyright (c) 2002 by Scott Haywood. 

Tree 1, trunk Tree 1, foliage Tree 2, leaves Tree 2, trunk Tree 2, foliage, with burs and catkins Tree 3, leaves

Resources for the Identification of American Chestnuts

Winthrop Staples wrote a very informative article on finding and identifying American Chestnut trees.

Dr. Sandra L. Anagnostakis devised a key for identifying American Chestnuts. 

The American Chestnut Foundation acf.org has more information.

The American Chestnut Cooperators Foundation has a page describing several Castanea species.  It says, "Hybrids of other chestnut species with American tend to have leaves that resemble the American ...".