[MAIPC] FW: American Chestnut?

Fri Apr 26 07:11:21 PDT 2019

 There was mention from Marc that there are catkins on the trees, which means chestnut and not oak. I would suggest that you put a few catkins in an bag with some leaves and any buds (maybe a twig didn't leaf out or fell on the ground and still has buds?) to the folks at Penn State. They once identified a chestnut for me in Pennsylvania that turned out to be a Japanese chestnut.
Mary
    On Friday, April 26, 2019, 8:28:14 AM EDT, Karyn Molines <karyn.molines at gmail.com> wrote:  

 Sawtooth  oak is an invasive nonnative. Not sure what the mapping for specimen trees was for, but they should be removed. Karyn 

On Fri, Apr 26, 2019, 6:35 AM Liz Matthews <lizmatthews03 at gmail.com wrote:

Leaves and bark look like sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima), more than any of the chestnut species likely in our area.
On Thu, Apr 25, 2019 at 10:41 PM Marc Imlay <ialm at erols.com> wrote:

Who can help Marc Juba? Thanks.

Marc Imlay

From: Juba, Marc <Marc.Juba at ppd.mncppc.org> 
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 10:37 AM
To: Imlay, Marc <Marc.Imlay at pgparks.com>
Subject: FW: American Chestnut?

Hi Marc:

We are trying to get opinions on whether or not these trees are hybrids between the Chinese and American Chestnut or actual American chestnuts. Leaning towards them not being pure Chinese chestnut trees. Based on aerial imagery in PG Atlas they were planted in 1980. Any thoughts and opinions on subject are welcome. 

-Marc

Marc Juba, Senior Planner

Environmental Planning Section

Prince George’s Planning Department

The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission

9400 Peppercorn Place

Suite 230

Largo, MD 20772

Office: (301) 883-3239 Fax: (301) 952-8510

Marc.Juba at ppd.mncppc.org

From: Juba, Marc 
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 9:08 AM
To: Garrett, Chris <Chris.Garrett at pgparks.com>
Cc: Shoulars, Katina <Katina.Shoulars at ppd.mncppc.org>
Subject: American Chestnut?

Hi Chris:

I did a site visit, and noticed that not only did the environmental specialist omit 5 specimen trees from their plan but two of them are Chestnut Trees.

I was looking through the books and I think that the chestnuts are most likely American Chestnuts, not the Chinese Chestnut as the form is fairly upright (not spreading) and the leaves quite narrow and finely toothed. Unfortunately I could not find any fruit to be 100% certain. The catkins are still on the trees. I noted that we have no county champion American chestnuts in our Register of Champion Trees for the County. In fact the only type of Chestnut on register is Chinese chestnut. They could also be hybrids. I could use an extra pair of eyes on this. If they are Chinese chestnuts its no big deal, but if they are American chestnuts they would be eligible for county champion designation status. 

If they are American chestnut, it might not be a bad idea for Parks to reach out to the owner of the property to see if they can be persuaded to forgo some cuttings for propagation, as I am sure they are going to apply for their removal. Resistant cultivars of American chestnut are rare, and big money, as I am sure you are aware. So it’s worth checking out. The site is located at 716 Ritchie Road, Capital Heights, MD. The two site entrances are roped off. I just parked in one of the industrial park parking lots on Edgeworth Drive and walked around to access site. Both trees are around 33” DBH.

Below is a rudimentary map with the trees in question circled. I have attached photos as well. 

Here is what Virginia Tech says about the differences between Chinese versus American chestnut trees http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/comparison/

-Marc

Marc Juba, Senior Planner

Environmental Planning Section

Prince George’s Planning Department

The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission

9400 Peppercorn Place

Suite 230

Largo, MD 20772

Office: (301) 883-3239 Fax: (301) 952-8510

Marc.Juba at ppd.mncppc.org

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