Castanea sativa

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APG III Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • 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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[edit] Trees

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

[edit] Remarkable trees

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

[edit] Trunk & bark

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.