. Brief instructions to Massachusetts Forest Wardens. Forests and forestry; Forestry law and legislation. MASSACHUSETTS FOREST TREES CHESTNUT (Castanea dentaia Borkh.) â¢Â£$ 91 mm 4--At; f"HE Chestnut is found commonly throughout Massa- â chusetts, though less frequently near the sea-coast than inland. Its habitat is rich, well-drained soil. A rapid grower and one of the tallest and straightest of our trees, it usually has a single trunk destitute of limbs for a considerable distance and a rather small, round head. However, when it is uncrowded, the trunk often separates into several stou
. Brief instructions to Massachusetts Forest Wardens. Forests and forestry; Forestry law and legislation. MASSACHUSETTS FOREST TREES CHESTNUT (Castanea dentaia Borkh.) â¢Â£$ 91 mm 4--At; f"HE Chestnut is found commonly throughout Massa- â chusetts, though less frequently near the sea-coast than inland. Its habitat is rich, well-drained soil. A rapid grower and one of the tallest and straightest of our trees, it usually has a single trunk destitute of limbs for a considerable distance and a rather small, round head. However, when it is uncrowded, the trunk often separates into several stout branches which form a low, round head of great breadth. In the former case it often attains a height of sixty to eighty feet and has a diameter of three to four feet. Most frequently it is met with in the coppice form, for it is one of the trees most freely reproduced from. CHESTNUT Winter twig and buds. One-half natural size. CHESTNUT Leaf and fruit. One-third natural size. sprouts. In this case it has a height of thirty to forty feet and a diameter of eight to fifteen inches. The bark on the trunk of a small tree is dark gray and smooth. On the old trunk it is thick and divided by shallow furrows into broad, flat ridges. On the twigs the bark is dark brown. The leaves are simple, alternate, five to ten inches in length, sharply toothed and dark yellow-green in color. The fruit is a round, four-valved, prickly bur and con- tains, as a rule, two to three dark brown nuts. The wood is coarse-grained, light, soft, weak, but durable when exposed to alternations of dryness and moisture. It is used in the making of furniture, for house finish- ing, for railway ties, fence-posts and for fuel. 36 9. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Massachusetts. State Forester; Rane, F. Wm. (Frank William), 18
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