American chestnut trees are “technically extinct”

Re:American chestnut trees are “technically extinct” by cpfohl on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @09:22AM (#13481523)

They're still waiting for the approvals they need to introduce GMOs into the wild. They can't legally distribute them as far as I know.

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Re:American chestnut trees are “technically extinct” by cpfohl on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @09:25AM (#13481538)

Looks like I was wrong about at least one of the blight resistant seeds, join the ACF to buy a few: http://acf.donorshops.com/product/C60EB65/2017chestnutseedle...

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Re:American chestnut trees are “technically extinct” by jeffbarr on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @11:47AM (#13483003)

Currently limited to the part of the US that's east of the Mississippi.

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Re:American chestnut trees are “technically extinct” by panglott on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @04:33PM (#13486391)

There are several stands of genetically-pure American chestnut on the West Coast that remain because they were isolated from the blight. These were trees imported by settlers and arborists in the 19th century—they should remain protected!

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Re:American chestnut trees are “technically extinct” by panglott on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @02:24PM (#13484998)

The entire natural range of the American chestnut was east of the Mississippi.

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Re:American chestnut trees are “technically extinct” by astrolabe38 on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @04:26PM (#13486306)

Unfortunate that most of HN's reader base is in CA.

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Re:American chestnut trees are “technically extinct” by brianwawok on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @07:02PM (#13487448)

Source?

I doubt that is true anymore. Maybe 1/3?

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