The  journal name Castanea comes from the genus of chestnuts that must have been fresh in the minds of the founders of the Society when it was established.  The Chestnut blight ravaged the American Chestnut, Castanea dentata (Marshall) Borkhausen [Family Fagaceae] in the early part of the twentieth Century.  Prior to that time the species formed up to 35% of the forests of the Eastern United States.  [more on Castanea dentata]

Beginning in 2003, SABS started a new series entitled: Castanea: Occasional Papers in Eastern Botany.  This new publication, as a supplement to Castanea, will allow for publication of long manuscripts not appropriate for a regular issue of Castanea, collections of shorter manuscripts that treat topics not usually published in Castanea, and proceedings arising from symposia and conferences.  Publication will be irregular.

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EDITORIAL BOARD
Under our new by-laws (adopted April 2007), we have an Editor-in-chief and four subject area editors.  Manuscripts should be sent electronically (e-mail) to the editor-in-chief.  He will then distribute manuscripts to subject editors for peer review.

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Dr. George Johnson (2007-2010)
Department of Biological Sciences
Arkansas Tech University
Russellville, AR  72801
Phone: 479-968-0312
E-mail: gjohnson@atu.edu

BOOK REVIEW EDITOR
On occasion Castanea publishes book reviews.  If you have a book which you like to see reviewed or you wish to review a book, please contact our book review editor.

Ronald L. Jones
Department of Biological Science
Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, KY  40475
Phone: 859-622-6257    
Phone: Ron.Jones@eku.edu

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