Castanea dentata

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Species Distribution Map
Family:FAGACEAE
Species:Castanea dentata (Marshall) Borkh.
Common Name:American Chestnut
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Growth Habit:Tree
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
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Status:Native, G4 (Global Rank)
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyFAGACEAE - Beech family
Genus Castanea
Species Castanea dentata (Marshall) Borkh. - American Chestnut

Citation

Citation Castanea dentata (Marshall) Borkhausen, Theor. Prakt. Handb. Forstbot. 1: 741. 1800.
Basionym: Fagus dentata Marshall 1785.
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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Castanea americana Castanea americana (Michaux) Rafinesque, Fl. Ludov. 134. 1817.Castanea vesca Gaertner, var. americana Michaux 1803. 
Castanea vesca var. americana Castanea vesca Gaertner, var. americana Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 193. 1803.  
Castanea vulgaris var. americana Castanea vulgaris Lamarck, var. americana (Michaux) Alph. de Candolle, in de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 114. 1864.Castanea vesca Gaertner, var. americana Michaux 1803. 
Fagus-Castanea dentata Fagus-Castanea dentata Marshall, Arbust. Amer. 46. 1785.Castanea vesca Gaertner, var. americana Michaux 1803. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Cullman, DeKalb, Elmore, Hale, Jackson, Jefferson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lee, Limestone, Marion, Marshall, Mobile, Randolph, Shelby, St. Clair, Tallapoosa

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1951 - 1998

Barcode / Accession No.
County
Coll. Date
Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
USAM000006829 Baldwin 19 Jun 1980 LeLong, Michel G.
11178		 USAM
Castanea dentata (Marshall) Borkhausen
UNA00045777 Barbour 10 Jun 1998 MacDonald, John R.
11427		 UNA
Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh.
TROY000005833 Barbour 10 Jun 1998 MacDonald, John R.
11427		 TROY
Castanea dentata (Marshall) Borkhausen
AUA_ACC_34053 Bibb 12 May 1977 SESSLER, ANN H.
1334		 AUA
CASTANEA DENTATA (MARSH.) BORKH.
AUA_ACC_35922 Bibb 26 Sep 1979 BECKETT, SCOTT W.
300		 AUA
CASTANEA DENTATA (MARSH.) BORKH.
AUA_ACC_36642 Bibb 14 Sep 1981 GOLDEN, M.S.
S.N.		 AUA
CASTANEA DENTATA (MARSH.) BORKH.
AUA_ACC_73227 Bibb 25 May 2003 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
13949		 AUA
CASTANEA DENTATA (MARSH.) BORKH.
TROY000020200 Bibb 25 May 2003 Diamond, Alvin R.
13950		 TROY
Castanea dentata (Marshall) Borkhausen
AUA_ACC_71633 Bibb 25 May 2003 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
13950		 AUA
CASTANEA DENTATA (MARSH.) BORKH.
TROY000020201 Bibb 25 May 2003 Diamond, Alvin R.
13949		 TROY
Castanea dentata (Marshall) Borkhausen
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