[MAIPC] FW: American Chestnut?

Fri Apr 26 08:08:25 PDT 2019

I agree with Liz.

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On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 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.
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> On Thu, Apr 25, 2019 at 10:41 PM Marc Imlay <ialm at erols.com> wrote:
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>> *Who can help Marc Juba? Thanks.*
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>> *Marc Imlay*
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>> *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?
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>> *Hi Marc:*
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>> *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. *
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>> *-Marc*
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>> *Marc Juba, Senior Planner*
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>> Environmental Planning Section
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>> Prince George’s Planning Department
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>> The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission
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>> 9400 Peppercorn Place
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>> Suite 230
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>> Largo, MD 20772
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>> Office: (301) 883-3239 Fax: (301) 952-8510
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>> Marc.Juba at ppd.mncppc.org
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>> *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?
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>> Hi Chris:
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> Below is a rudimentary map with the trees in question circled. I have
>> attached photos as well.
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>> Here is what Virginia Tech says about the differences between Chinese
>> versus American chestnut trees http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/comparison/
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>> -Marc
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>> [image: cid:image001.png at 01D354AB.13C959E0]
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>> *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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