... 5. Fruiting branch. 6. Section of fruit. 7. Nut. Castanea sativa, var. Americana, Watson and Coulter. Castanea dentata, Borkh. Castanea vesca, var. Americana, Michx. Chestnut. ... feathering and the metallic sheen of trunk and branches make the yellow birch one of the most attractive trees of the New England forest. Bark.—Bark of trunks and large limbs in old trees gray or blackish, ... from Canada. No stations in Maine, Vermont, Rhode Island, or Connecticut; New Hampshire,—found sparingly along streams in the southern part of the state; abundant along the banks of Beaver...