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Red Horse Chestnut

Aesculus ×carnea Hayne

The Red Horse Chestnut is known for its bright red flowers that attract lots of bees and butterflies. It’s a beautiful tree to see!

Lebensraum: Parks and gardens

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The Red Horse Chestnut has striking, deep pink to reddish-pink flowers, often with a yellow blotch, that bloom in upright clusters. Its large, dark green palmate leaves spread like fingers, and its fruit is a lightly spiny green capsule containing poisonous brown seeds, known as conkers.

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Red Horse Chestnut
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Red Horse Chestnut

Kategorie

Bäume

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

Mach den ersten Snap!

Interessante Fakten

Each big leaf is made of 5 to 7 leaflets, spreading out like fingers!

It's a special hybrid tree, a mix of two different horse chestnut species!

Its 'conkers' were once used by kids in a popular autumn game in Europe!

Unlike many nuts, its seeds are poisonous, so definitely don't try to eat them!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Vibrant Flower Signals

Red Horse Chestnut has bright, red-pink flowers that act like neon signs, attracting buzzing pollinators from afar.

Fähigkeit

Toxic Seed Defense

Red Horse Chestnut can produce toxic 'conkers' that deter animals from eating its valuable seeds, protecting its offspring.

Fähigkeit

Hybrid Vigor Growth

Red Horse Chestnut possesses traits from two parent trees, giving it extra strength to thrive and resist diseases.

Maße und Details

Höhe
15-25 m
Canopy Spread
8-12 m
Essbar
Nein
Trunk Diameter
50-100 cm
Lebenserwartung
150-200 Jahre
Fruit Type
Spiny capsule (conker)
Growth Rate
Mittel
Leaf Type
Deciduous

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

Honey bee

Apis mellifera

Visits flowers for nectar and pollen.

pollinates

Buff-tailed Bumblebee

Bombus terrestris

Important pollinator of its vibrant flowers.

shelters

Common Blackbird

Turdus merula

Nests among its branches for protection.

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

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Do not pick or eat anything you find. Some plants and mushrooms can be harmful.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von Red Horse Chestnut?

15-25 m

Was ist der/die/das canopy Spread von Red Horse Chestnut?

8-12 m

Was ist der/die/das essbar von Red Horse Chestnut?

Nein

Was ist der/die/das trunk Diameter von Red Horse Chestnut?

50-100 cm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Red Horse Chestnut?

150-200 Jahre

Wo findet man Red Horse Chestnut normalerweise?

Parks and gardens

Was ist der/die/das fruit Type von Red Horse Chestnut?

Spiny capsule (conker)

Was ist der/die/das growth Rate von Red Horse Chestnut?

Mittel

Snap-Karte

Zoome hinein, um Cluster aufzulösen und zu sehen, wo dieses Objekt fotografiert wurde.

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Neueste Snaps

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