Click on thumbnail photos below to get a larger picture. All photos were taken by VA Chapter member Jack LaMonica.
Thanks, Jack!
Old chestnut stump makes way for new sprouts to grow
A small chestnut tree can grow to be tall - this one is surrounded by brush
Bright pendant leaves are displayed by young chestnut trees
The bright chestnut leaves stick out in front of other tree leaves
Large bright chestnut leaves early in the spring (earlier than normal)
Bright leaved sprouts growing in brush piles
Chestnut seedling with bright leaves
Multiple sprouts of chestnut growing out of the base of a larger chestnut tree.
A larger chestnut tree shows off its bright leaves
Multiple dead and living trunks growing beside each other in the forest floor.
Photo showing the pendant leaves of a young chestnut tree
The bright contrast of a young chestnut tree's leaves in the forest
A small chestnut tree growing in an open canopy
Photo shows tree infected by the fungus. Note: the base of the tree is swollen and dark colored
Brightly colored leaves of chestnut as well as close up of leaf shape
Split base of infected chestnut tree with new shoots present
Photo showing split base of infected tree with new sprouts
Thin transparent leaves of young chestnut tree.
The blight has split the bark of this tree and the orange fungus is starting to develop
A new chestnut sprout has grown in the open
Good example of multiple shoots growing off dead tree
Photo of multiple dead chestnut trees along the dirt road
A photo looking up through chestnut trees showing fans of leaves
Photo of the silver and gray bark of a small chestnut tree (2-3 inch trunk)
Photo shows a young chestnut tree with the bright green leaves
