Butternut

[rocksnstumps]

Anybody know if they have nursery stock that has been developed to fight butternut canker. The local conservation club is offering these again but unless improved tree not a good bet for here. The canker has been wiping out all the native trees the last 15 years and the giant tree remaining on my land is about 90% dead now. Would be cool to replant some areas like they are trying with chestnuts in other states but futile without some different genetics

 

[bwoods11]

I remember a nursery in Indiana that offered some type of hybrid butternut...?

 

[bwoods11]

I remember a nursery in Indiana that offered some type of hybrid butternut...?

The DNR sells them I think...

 

[j-bird]

The DNR sells them I think...

It's thru the division of forestry - but they will not sell to out of state.....at least not that I am aware of. I do not know if they are an improved variety or not - they simply list them as a hybrid - they are $53 for 50 bare root trees.

Not sure if this link will work - but here is a shot at it.

http://www.in.gov/dnr/forestry/3620.htm

 

[Bowsnbucks]

God bless the NH Forestry guys and that project. I hope it succeeds. We're losing far too many native tree species to foreign pests / diseases. Butternut produces tasty nuts and beautiful wood. Similar to walnut in those ways.

 

[rocksnstumps]

NH Mountains, thanks for the read.

Sounds like some work is out there but not as far along as the chestnut efforts. Locally there was a fair amount of butternut around my land call it 15 years ago but the signs were already showing. I would call it about wiped out now. The last time I had any nut bearing trees was probably 10 years ago. Tried to spread and plant some but not much luck with that.

 

[kabic]

http://habitat-talk.com/index.php?threads/butternut-tree.751/#post-9702