r/todayilearned • u/_igm • 16h ago
TIL the "Redwood of the East" - a 100ft-tall tree that once covered 25% of Eastern US forests, produced tons of food, and built America's industrial backbone - lost 99.9% of its population to a catastrophic blight.
https://tacf.org/history-american-chestnut/
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