An American Chestnut tree (Castanea dentata) on the Blue Ridge Parkway; functionally extinct, some trees still grow to 20 ft until the blight kills it

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Keywords: american, asheville, blue, castanea, catkins, chestnut, dentata, extinct, functionally, great, mountains, parkway, ridge, smokies, smoky, species, tree, trees