Restoring the Ozark Chinquapin (PART 2) w/ AJ Hendershott | Ep. 121 | The Ozark Podcast

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It was the american chestnut that got me first. And really the two are identical in terms of their impact on both wildlife and our lives, but its that one tree could provide so many of the necessities of life. The american chestnut grew tall and straight over 100 ft and over 10 feet wide, with wood thats about as rot resistant as wood comes, making it the ideal timber tree. Ive read stories from the late 1800s of people living in cities who would take a vacation to the country side to collect chestnuts, and theyd make more money selling those chestnuts than they would from working that week. Also 1 in 3 trees was an american chestnut in the appalachian forests, it just blows me away that a forest tree could provide as much food if not more than crops we grow ourselves. Its hard to imagine that a forest as large as the forests of the eastern us could change so rapidly, in under a century, when castanea had been the dominant species for thousands of years, and theyve been around for millions.

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Speaking of the tap root. I am not a biologist, but I did take a vacation to see the giant sequoias in California. They explained that the giant sequoias do not have tap roots either. They put on runners like you are talking about. Are they related perhaps...???