Assertion: american chestnut | /r/HasProperty | hit by the chestnut blight
Facets:
value: from east asia
type: LOCATION
value: hard
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: The American Chestnut was hit hard by the Chestnut Blight from east Asia back in the 1920's, after some Asian Chestnuts were planted in the Bronx Zoological Park in 1903, and about 99% or more died off, though there are sprouts that still come up from old tree stumps and grow for some years before the fungus kills them back down.