2023年7月14日 · This article is a guide to identifying the magnificent horse chestnut tree. Descriptions and pictures of the horse chestnut tree’s leaves, flowers, and fruit will help you recognize these large trees in a landscape.

Aesculus hippocastanum is affected by the leaf-mining moth Cameraria ohridella, whose larvae feed on horse chestnut leaves. The moth was described from North Macedonia where the species was discovered in 1984 but took 18 years to reach Britain.

Horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) is a tree. Horse chestnut contains significant amounts of a poison called esculin and can cause death if eaten raw. Horse chestnut also contains a...

2022年10月28日 · Large deciduous tree that also goes by the name Buckeye or European horse chestnut. Leaves are opposite, complex, and grow in a palmate pattern; meaning that leaflets are arranged around a central point. Each leaf has five leaflets; these leaflets are large, deeply textured, and paddle-shaped.

Horse chestnut is prone to leaf scorch and a fungal leaf blotch (Guignardia). A double-flowered cultivar that produces no nuts. Your support is vital to the Arboretum, where the power of trees makes a positive impact on people’s lives.

Famed for its signature reddish-brown conkers, find out all about the horse chestnut tree. Discover what it looks like, where it grows and how it is used.

2024年4月13日 · Horse chestnut leaves are palmately compound leaves on long petioles (leaf stalks) arranged alternately on the branches. Each compound leaf has 5 – 11 thin and papery or somewhat leathery leaflets that may be sessile (stalkless) or …

Aesculus hippocastanum, commonly called horsechestnut, is native to the Balkans. It is a medium to large deciduous tree that typically grows 50-75’ tall with an upright oval-rounded crown. Light green palmate compound leaves emerge in spring, each with 7 (less frequently 5) spreading ovate-oblong leaflets to 4-10” long.

2022年12月30日 · The horse chestnut tree, scientifically known as Aesculus hippocastanum, is a deciduous tree native to parts of Southeast Europe and West Asia. It is a popular ornamental tree known for its distinctive appearance, large, palmately compound leaves, and showy, cone-like fruit known as conkers.

Horse chestnut leaves are are palmate, with around 5-7 toothed leaflets. When they fall, the leaves leave behind a dotted, horse-shoe shaped scar on the twig. Their buds are large, …