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Horse Chestnut
Aesculus hippocastanum
33.8037, -84.1455
Field Notes
Description:
Little sapling of a tree - very early spring.
Horse chestnut is deciduous.
The leaves are opposite and palmately compound, with 5–7 leaflets
Fruits are called conkers - and kids in England stick string through them and play a game.
Note - The American Chestnut trees are in the beech family along with beech and oak, and are not closely related to the horse-chestnut, which is in the family Sapindaceae.
The horse chestnut is not a native tree in America.
Notes:
Elachee Science Park in Gainesville.
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