Castanea sativa

APG III Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: angiosperms • Cladus: eudicots • Cladus: core eudicots • Cladus: rosids • Cladus: eurosids I • Ordo: Fagales • Familia: Fagaceae • Genus: Castanea • Species: Castanea sativa Mill.

Vernacular names

English: Sweet Chestnut · Català: Castanyer · Deutsch: Edelkastanie · Español: Castaño · Euskara: Gaztaina · Français: Châtaignier · Italiano: Castagno · Magyar: Szelídgesztenye · Nederlands: Tamme kastanje · 日本語: ヨーロッパグリ · Polski: Kasztan jadalny · Русский: Каштан посевной · Slovenščina: Pravi kostanj ·

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Trees [edit]

Trees, Graubünden, Switzerland
Trees, Graubünden, Switzerland
A tree in Marchin, Belgium
A tree in the Swiss alps
tree
Tree, 28 m tall, 1.2 m diameter
Trunk, 28 m tall, 1.2 m diameter
Trees, National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Meise

Remarkable trees [edit]

Remarkable chestnut tree in Levie - Corsica - (France).
Remarkable sweet chestnut in Mariemont Park - Morlanwelz-Mariemont (Belgium)
Remarkable chestnut trees alley of the Strée-lez-Huy castle, Belgium
Queen Ermengarde's Chestnut, Balmerino Abbey, Fife, Scotland (UK)
Gasper's chestnut tree, 400 years old, Slovenia's thickest chesnut tree, Močilno, Slovenia
Castanea Sativa in Buchbach near Ternitz in Niederösterreich

Trunk & bark [edit]

Retiform bark
Ancient coppice, Banstead Woods, Surrey
Ancient coppice as seen from other side
Castanea sativa coppice stool from woods in north Kent, England, UK. Uncut for perhaps 15-20 years.
Castanea sativa coppice stool from woods in north Kent, England, UK. Uncut for perhaps 25-30 years.
Castanea sativa