David Smith and Bill Turner helped Joe Schibig and Lloyd Fly inventory American chestnut trees on their westernmost range in Tennessee. (photos mostly by Joe Schibig, May 2006)
David (left) and Bill Turner (right) showed chestnut researchers (Joe Schibig and Lloyd Fly) American chestnut sprouts in southwestern Tennessee and northern Mississippi.


American chestnut sprouts in northern Mississippi and southwestern Tennessee were growing on deep sandy soil.


Lloyd and Joe recorded data on chestnut sprouts in Hardeman Co., Tn.

David, Lloyd, Bill, and Joe got drenched while inventorying American chestnut trees.

At one of the chestnut sites In southwestern Tn., red buckeye was abundant.

This Indian Pink was found on a sandy chestnut site in Hardeman County.
