While many trees in the southern range were killed by Phytophthora root rot (PRR), the chestnut blight leaves roots intact, so many chestnuts have been surviving by growing back from the roots ...

Its seeds, encased in large prickly burrs ... rust-colored fungus growing on the bark of chestnut trees there. Soon, those trees were dead, as the pathogenic fungus known simply as “blight ...

Horse chestnut is a type of tree with potentially beneficial compounds in its bark, leaves, flowers, and seeds. Some research on the use of horse chestnut shows it may be beneficial for conditions ...