Learn about the worst ecological disaster in American history, and how a new blight-resistant chestnut filled the nutritional gap.
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These Trees Are Magnets for Deer
Unlike oaks, these trees bloom later, and those crops contain larger, nutritionally superior nuts with four times the carbohydrates of a white oak acorn, 2.5 times the protein, only a fraction of the fat, and no bitter tannins.
Filling the Nutritional Gap for White-tailed Deer
With the decimation of the American Chestnut came a gap in several supply and food chains, but a new blight-resistant chestnut was created.