The majority of American Chestnut trees are understory trees and not the canopy.
Height: 20 feet (formerly 60 to 100 feet)
Diameter: 4 inches (formerly 2 to 4 feet)
It is mostly found now in moist upland soils in mixed forests at elevations to 4000 feet.
It's range is from Southern Ontario to to Maine and then south to Georgia. The tree can be found west to Mississippi and north to Indiana.