American chestnut trees are “technically extinct”

Re:American chestnut trees are “technically extinct” by bhouston on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @07:55AM (#13480990)

The North American Elm tree is also being wiped out as we speak in a similar very thorough manner: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_elm_disease

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Re:American chestnut trees are “technically extinct” by keithly on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @11:09AM (#13482551)

There are at least a couple resistant varieties ("Princeton" comes to mind) but none are fully immune. Resistance seems to depend on the type of beetle infesting the tree and other stressors.

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Re:American chestnut trees are “technically extinct” by ComputerGuru on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @11:11AM (#13482565)

Yup. We lost two, massive elms in our yard this past spring to Dutch Elm Disease. By the time you spot it, it's too late.

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Re:American chestnut trees are “technically extinct” by gyrgtyn on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @03:08PM (#13485493)

I hope we've learned from the Chestnut fiasco that the 'solution' to this is probably not to cut down all Elm trees.

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