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Re:American chestnut trees are “technically extinct” by 51Cards on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @01:58PM (#13484676)
There is one in Stanley Park in Vancouver. I came across it and didn't know what the nuts were so collected several off the ground to look up. I didn't know anything about the tree before that.

For the curious: http://imgur.com/a/eis4a

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Re:American chestnut trees are “technically extinct” by patall on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @02:23PM (#13484985)
I am not a botanist and cannot say from the pictures but that might as well have been a european sweet chestnut, as its outside of the natural range either way and the european is probably more common.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castanea_sativa

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