Chestnut researchers resume their inventory of American Chestnut trees
at Mammoth Cave National Park on May 16, 2006

Chestnut Researchers, Jeramie, Chris, and Lloyd, find a tall blight-free
American chestnut tree in the south-central region of Mammoth Cave
National Park..

Jeramie takes a close-up photo of a coiled snake.

Lloyd and Chris record data on a surviving American chestnut sprout.

At Mammoth Cave National Park, American chestnut is not found on the the thin limestone soils of lower slope-cedar forests (left photo), but it does occur on the sandy soils (derived from sandstone) on the oak-dominated upper slopes  (right photo).

 Chris finds another cave entrance at Mammoth Cave National Park.

An interesting fungus (left) and a natural bouquet of mountain laurel flowers (right)

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