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[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 43 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Except it's only native to the central valley in California so if you're anywhere else this is not going to have any effect.

I guess this person just didn't look up its range or something? The species pictured there isn't even native to CA.

Most endangered species have restricted ranges, which is part of what makes them endangered. So you'll have to do the work to find out what might be present in your local area.

That said I did just hear they're trying to build one in Roseville, CA which IS in the range of this species so guerrilla gardeners, if you happen to be in Roseville, go nuts.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 8 points 21 hours ago

Just plant some American chestnut. Ignore why such a wide ranged tree is endangered

[-] Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 12 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

For everyone who wants to know why it's endangered (like i did): Because of a fungus that originally grew on the japanese chestnut variant (starting in the early 1900s), to which the american chestnut has no resistance - it is estimated that in in first half of that century, three to four billion tree died to that fungus. In the original geographic range of the American chestnut, only 4 mature trees remain. There are still some root systems that sprout saplings, but they get killed off by the fungus quickly. There are some enclaves in other areas that still have a few hundred, like in northern Michigan

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