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[Ginda Fisher <ginda@concentric.net>]

DocKW@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Although I know of people claiming to have chestnuts in Maine, I believe 
> they
> have microclimates that allow these to survive in this northerly climate;
> perhaps they are coastal.  In my reading I believe the native American
> Chestnut was growing as far north as northern Massachusetts.

I have seen numerous wild American chestnuts growing in New Hampshire. 
(The roots of blight-killed trees resprout.)  I know I've seen them as
far north as Center Harbor, on the North end of lake Winnepasawkee.  My
tree book lists the native range as north to southern Maine, through to
Ontario, and south to Georgia.  Musser Forests lists it as zones 4-8.

Ginda Fisher

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