Handbook of the Trees of New England

by Lorin Low Dame; Henry M. Brooks

Plate XXXV.—Fagus ferruginea.

1. Winter buds.

2. Flowering branch.

3. Sterile flower.

4. Fertile flower.

5. Fruiting branch.

6. Section of fruit.

7. Nut.

Castanea sativa, var. Americana, Watson and Coulter.

Castanea dentata, Borkh. Castanea vesca, var. Americana, Michx.

Chestnut.

Habitat and Range.—In strong, well-drained soil; pastures, rocky woods, and hillsides.

Ontario,—common.

Maine,—southern sections, probably not indigenous north of latitude 44° 20'; New Hampshire,—Connecticut valley near the river, as far north as Windsor, Vt.; most abundant in the Merrimac valley south of Concord, but occasional a short distance northward; Vermont,—common in the southern sections, especially in the Connecticut valley; occasional as far north as Windsor (Windsor county), West Rutland (Rutland county), Burlington (Chittenden county); Massachusetts,—rather common throughout the state, but less frequent near the sea; Rhode Island and Connecticut,—common.

South to Delaware, along the mountains to Alabama; west to Michigan, Indiana, and Tennessee.