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[46er]

The American Chestnut. I have a bag of the European variety sitting here, waiting for Christmas Eve.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt...ods-a-towering-giant-could-help-save-chesnuts

 

[GermanG]

Tallest tree in North America? At 115 feet? Hmmmm.

 

[smoke_jumper]

Tallest tree in North America? At 115 feet? Hmmmm.

I'm thinking they meant the tallest Chestnut tree.

 

[46er]

I'm thinking they meant the tallest Chestnut tree.

Aye

"But Brian Roth, a forest scientist with the University of Maine, says when it comes to height, this American chestnut reigns supreme.
"We think it's around 100 years old," Roth says. "It's over 100 feet tall, which makes it the tallest tree that we know of in North America."

That's 115 feet tall, to be precise."

 

[smoke_jumper]

Aye

"But Brian Roth, a forest scientist with the University of Maine, says when it comes to height, this American chestnut reigns supreme.
"We think it's around 100 years old," Roth says. "It's over 100 feet tall, which makes it the tallest tree that we know of in North America."

That's 115 feet tall, to be precise."

I'm pretty sure the tree in my avatar was over 115' before it fell in the fire.