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Aesculus hippocastanum
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Common name:
common horse-chestnut
Family:
Hippocastanaceae (horse-chestnut family)
Distribution:
s.e. Europe
IUCN Red list:
Vulnerable
Hardiness:
USDA Zone 4
Life form:
Deciduous tree
NatureServe Rank:
VU C2a(i)
Comments:
A large, deciduous, upright oval shade tree growing 70' tall and often as wide. Leaves consist of 5-7 leaflets attached to stout, gray stems. Older bark is fissured into plate-like scales. White flowers in terminal panicles occur in May; each flower has an inner blotch that begins yellow then turns red. Light brown spiny capsules contain up to 2 seeds.
Links:
Flora Europaea
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Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy)
•
IUCN Redlist of Threatened Species
Locations
1:
DWD: AK02
(AK02)
• Accession: D1924-0002.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
2:
DWD: AK02
(AK02)
• Accession: D1924-0002.003 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
3:
LKV: CG15
(CG15)
• Accession: D1947-0002.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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Individual