Other common names:
Chestnut, Common Horsechestnut French names:
Marronnier d'Inde Family: Soapberry Family (Sapindaceae), (Horsechestnut Family (Hippocastanaceae)) Distinctive features: Tree; Large palmately compound leaves. Similar species: • Ohio Buckeye (Aesculus glabra) - similar leaves: opposite and compound. Flowers: White Leaves: Opposite/Whorled, Compound, Entire; Opposite, palmately compound, large. Habitat: Fields and Open Areas; Where planted, usually in open areas. Books: Trees in Canada: 158 Native/Non-native:
Non-native Status:
Common in urban areas where planted.
Notes:
Horsechestnut is actually a non-native tree. However, it is not invasive, and squirrels love the nuts. But they are NOT edible by humans. Its leaves and branches are opposite.
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This photo shows the overall form of a mature tree.
The tree in flower and leaf.
Horsechestnut has big sticky buds, arranged opposite each other along the stem.
Another picture of the twig and buds.
A flower cluster in bud.
A flower cluster fully opened.
Flower stalks after the flowers have fallen off.
Leaves, showing the "palmately compound" form.
Bark and trunk of a mature tree.
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