Moths threaten chestnut tree survival

Visit the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris and chestnut trees shade you as you wander among graves of luminaries such as Oscar Wilde and Jim Morrison.

When Anne Frank hid from Nazis in Amsterdam, the view of a monumental chestnut tree was one thing that cheered her up.

In Cambridge, England, a 200-year-old chestnut outside King’s College chapel is a beloved icon.