Chestnuts grow well on dry sites. Protect rare plants and animals and their habitat . Leave uncut mature forest cover in areas where your main management objective is to favor plant and animal communities dependent on that habitat. Plant stands of evergreens in hardwood forests. Burn under yellow pine to improve browse.
Spot burn small openings to maintain foods.
Good small trees and shrubs include Chinese chestnut, dogwood, redbud, persimmon, plum, sawtooth oak, shrub lespideza, crabapple, hawthorn, sumac, hazelnut, and paw paw. Place these along forest edges to make edges more useable. Seed roadsides and unused roads , following the recommendations for site preparation, seeding rates and timing, and fertilizer application. Plant or leave cover near water , especially streams. Strips of trees up to 100 feet or more from the stream are important to many species - terrestrial, aquatic and avian.