American chestnut trees produce large, edible nuts. They were once a dominant forest tree in North America and are valued for their nuts and timber. Inputs Hardiness zone 41 Hardiness zone 51 Hardiness zone 61 Hardiness zone 71 Hardiness zone 81 Outputs Human food2 Type Castanea spp. - Chestnut Footnotes Castanea dentata | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 Gaia’s Garden - A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, 2nd Edition Table 10-1 ↩