[DOC] [TLE] Chestnut blight - Wikipedia [PAR] Japanese and some Chinese chestnut trees have some resistance to infection by 
C. parasitica: the infection usually does not kill these Asian chestnut species. [DOC] [TLE] American Chestnut Blight and the Conservation of Chestnut Trees [PAR] Since the early 1900's a disease known as Chestnut Blight has infected many ... 
Blight quickly spread, killing chestnuts and chinquapins, which is another ... In 
1904, Chestnut blight appeared infecting trees in New York City and spread .... 
As a result, a method of conservation has been through hybridizing American 
species... [DOC] [TLE] Revival of the American Chestnut - American Forests [PAR] Only hundreds of latest-generation nuts have been available to date, but this fall's 
... tree we can achieve, but it's good enough to start planting, says Kim Steiner, ... 
While the Chestnut Foundation's new, resistant trees are the first soldiers to be ... 
Most American chestnuts today are killed by the chestnut blight by the time... [DOC] [TLE] New York is a hotbed for damaging forest pests | Cary Institute of ... [PAR] May 31, 2014 ... When Chris Standley received a tip that some ash trees within the Mohonk ... 
borer, an Asian beetle that kills ash trees, have been found recently in the 
Mohonk Preserve. ... Ulster County is one of the most infested counties in New 
York, ... So like other immigrants who have come through New York City, the... [DOC] [TLE] html [PAR] also, historical - the black death had enormous impacts on society - we will ... 
Most of these are also contagious: - they can spread from one individual to ... 
What we do know is that this disease was discovered in New York City in 1904. ... 
While the U.S. has been relatively free of hoof and mouth, other countries have 
been... [DOC] [TLE] A New Generation of American Chestnut Trees May Redefine ... [PAR] Mar 1, 2014 ... Although not extinct, the organism we seek has been dwarfed in size and number
, ... To most people the tree would be entirely unremarkable. But to ... First 
discovered in New York State in 1904, chestnut blight was soon spotted in New ... 
Within 50 years, C. parasitica killed nearly four billion chestnut trees. [DOC] [TLE] Unasylva - Vol. 3, No. 1 - Chestnut blight in Asia and north America [PAR] The forest stands of the American chestnut, however, have been destroyed by 
two serious ... In contrast, Asiatic species of chestnut are resistant to both these 
diseases. ... factors as freezing, defoliation, or crowding, most of the trees are 
highly blight-resistant. ... Chestnut blight was first reported at New York City in 
1904. [DOC] [TLE] THE CHESTNUT BARK DISEASE. To Mr. H. W. Merkel, forester of ... [PAR] belongs the credit of first clearly recognizing, in 1904, the potential ... Warren 
County, N. Y., on the north, to Albemarle County, Va., on ... killed all the chestnut 
trees in those localities where it has been ... i;ise to a concentrically spreading 
canker which soon girdles the tree. ... These sprouts are usually very luxuriant 
and. [DOC] [TLE] Non-Native, Invasive Organisms Create Problems in Connecticut [PAR] Non-native, invasive organisms have been recognized by the Connecticut ... 
these organisms are likely to be disruptive are locations where native plants ... 
Dutch Elm Disease killed American Elm trees in forests and along many city 
streets. ... trees brought to the vicinity of New York City and other places 
beginning in 1876. [DOC] [TLE] Deciduous Forest - Science in Context - Gale [PAR] Apr 30, 2009 ... These forests are different from tropical rain forests in that the trees, ... Leaves fall 
from the trees at the start of the dry period and grow again when the rains come. 
... In the deciduous forests of eastern North America, the tallest trees are .... The 
fact that most trees have a single strong stem, or trunk, gives... [DOC] [TLE] the appalachian trailrefuge and incubator for the american ... [PAR] This spring and summer, I surveyed the American chestnut tree (Castanea ... I 
walked over 80 miles of the

Question: Most of these "spreading" American trees have been killed by a disease that started near New York City in 1904
Answer: Chestnut