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July - Horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum)

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Fruits developing on the tree. 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 and horseshoe shaped leaf scars. Picture taken 6th July 2006 at Old Warden, Bedfordshire.

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9th Jul 2006 by Diane Earl

Subjects:
Biology, Science

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

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plant fruit tree wildlife

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