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Horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum)

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A deciduous tree with dark grey-brown bark and palmate leaves (divided into 5-7 leaflets). It flowers May - June, each flower has four white petals. In late summer/early autumn it produces globular geen prickly fruits which then turn brown. Each fruit contains a glossy brown round seed. The tree is easy to identify in winter as it has dark sticky buds (shown) and horseshoe shaped leaf scars. This year many of the fruits have turned brown after the hot weather in July and many trees have lost leaves or the leaves have turned brown. Picture taken at Old Warden Bedfordshire 27th August 2006

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28th Aug 2006 by Diane Earl

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Biology, Science

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Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 4+

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plant nut fruit tree wildlife

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