Images of the whole plant

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  Trees, Graubünden, Switzerland
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  Trees, Graubünden, Switzerland
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  A tree in Marchin, Belgium
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  A tree in the Swiss alps
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  Tree, 28 m tall, 1.2 m diameter
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  Trees, National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Meise
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  2 junge Castaneae vor dem Chor von St. Sebastian, Magdeburg
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  Remarkable chestnut tree in Levie - Corsica - (France).
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  Remarkable sweet chestnut in Mariemont Park - Morlanwelz-Mariemont (Belgium)
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  Remarkable chestnut trees alley of the Strée-lez-Huy castle, Belgium
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  Remarkable Castanea sativa ( Natural monument) in Langenlois, Niederösterreich
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  Queen Ermengarde's Chestnut, Balmerino Abbey, Fife, Scotland (UK)
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  Gasper's chestnut tree, 400 years old, Slovenia's thickest chesnut tree, Močilno, Slovenia
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  Castanea Sativa in Buchbach near Ternitz in Niederösterreich

Trunk & bark

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  Ancient coppice, Banstead Woods, Surrey
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  Ancient coppice as seen from other side
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  Castanea sativa coppice stool from woods in north Kent, England, UK. Uncut for perhaps 15-20 years.
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  Castanea sativa coppice stool from woods in north Kent, England, UK. Uncut for perhaps 25-30 years.
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    Castanea sativa
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  Bark from a 150-year-old tree in Langenlois, Austria

Leaves

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Inflorescences

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Capsules (fruit)

See also: Chestnuts

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Cultivars

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  'Albomarginata' stem
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  'Albomarginata' leaves
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  'Aureomarginata' habitus
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  'Aureomarginata' leaves
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  'Aureomarginata' leaves and inflorescence

Botanical illustrations

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  Jean-Pierre Houël: Castagno dei cento cavalli, 1776-1779
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  Castanea sativa
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  Castanea vulgaris)
  plate 142 in:
  Wayside and woodland blossoms,
  1895
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  Castanea sativa
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  Castanea vulgaris)
  plate 142 in:
  Wayside and woodland blossoms,
  1895

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  Castanea sativa buds illustration
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  Castanea sativa catkin illustration
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  Castanea sativa flower illustration
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  Castanea sativa nut illustration
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  Castanea sativa leaf illustration
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  Castanea sativa tree illustration

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Castanea sativa.

Description of taxon The Gardeners Dictionary: . . . eighth edition no. 1. 1768.

• Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique 1: 708. 1785.