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 ...

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 ...

This update includes summaries of several research projects, the regulatory review process, and new work on chestnut and other threatened trees. We are working on ways to share brief updates more ...

The Tree Talks Lecture Series, sponsored by the Elkins Tree Board and Kump Education Center, Elkins, continues tonight at 7 p ...

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 ...