American chestnut (Castanea dentata) COSEWIC assessment and status report

Official title: COSEWIC assessment and status report on the American Chestnut in Canada

COSEWIC
Assessment and Update Status Report
on the
American Chestnut
Castanea Dentata
in Canada

American Chestnut

Endangered
2004



COSEWIC
Committee on the Status
of Endangered Wildlife
in Canada
COSEWIC logo


COSEPAC

Comité sur la situation
des espèces en péril
au Canada


COSEWIC status reports are working documents used in assigning the status of wildlife species suspected of being at risk. This report may be cited as follows:

COSEWIC 2004. COSEWIC assessment and status report on the American chestnut Castanea dentata in Canada.  Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vi + 19 pp.
(Species at Risk Status Reports)

Previous Reports:

Ambrose, J.D. and S.W. Aboud. 1987. Status report on the American chestnut Castanea dentata in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. 18 pp.

Production note:

COSEWIC would like to acknowledge John D. Ambrose for writing the status report on the American chestnut Castanea dentata prepared under contract with Environment Canada, overseen and edited by Erich Haber, the COSEWIC Plants and Lichens (vascular plants) Species Specialist Subcommittee Co-chair.

 

For additional copies contact:

COSEWIC Secretariat
c/o Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment Canada
Ottawa ON
K1A 0H3

Tel.: 819–953–3215
Fax: 819–994–3684
E-mail: COSEWIC/COSEPAC@ec.gc.ca
http://www.cosewic.gc.ca

Également disponible en français sous le titre Évaluation et Rapport de situation du COSEPAC sur la situation de la Châtaignier d’Amérique (Castanea dentata) au Canada – Mise à jour.

Cover illustration:
American Chestnut -- Photograph by John D. Ambrose.

© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada 2005
Catalogue No.: CW69-14/215-2005E-PDF
ISBN: 0-662-39545-X
HTML: CW69-14/215-2005E-HTML
0-662-39546-8

 

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