Castanea sativa (Sweet Chestnut)

Also known as: Spanish Chestnut
Native: South Europe, north Africa, Asia Minor
Location: Cultivated in Europe for its edible nuts and ornament in parks and gardens, and in N. America as an ornamental.
Has a broad trunk, as much as 9-12m in girth.
Foliage
Leaves turn yellow then dark brown in October.
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Flowers
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Flowers are open in late June and July when the male catkins about 15-25cm long shed their pollen. Female flowers are in clusters of five to six at the base of a short unopened male catkin.
Fruits
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Fruit ripens in one season, some trees producing one to two round nuts, some producing three to four flat nuts which are not good enough to eat.
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