Castanea sativa Mill.
(Sweet Chestnut)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCastanea sativa (Sweet Chestnut)
GenusCastanea (sweet chestnuts)
FamilyFAGACEAE (forest trees)
OrderFAGALES (forest trees)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Castanea sativa (Sweet Chestnut) :
1: Castanea sativa (Sweet Chestnut)
16 Apr 2015 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
very old veteran tree
Image 1: Base of old veteran treeImage 2: Old veteran treeImage 3: Old veteran tree (2)Image 4: Old veteran tree (3)Image 5: Stool of old veteran treeImage 6: Trunk (one of!)
2: Castanea sativa (Sweet Chestnut)
16 Apr 2015 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
very old veteran tree
Image 1: Veteran tree
3: Castanea sativa (Sweet Chestnut)
3 May 2014 OSGR: ST90 50° 50’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Image 1: Winter tree
4: Castanea sativa (Sweet Chestnut)
3 May 2014 OSGR: ST90 50° 50’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Image 1: Trunk and barkImage 2: Trunk and bark (2)Image 3: Winter tree
5: Castanea sativa (Sweet Chestnut)
18 Dec 1999 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Leaf hair - from underside of leaf near midribImage 2: Leaf hair - from underside of leaf near midrib (2)Image 3: Leaf hair - from underside of leaf near midrib (3)Image 4: Leaf hair - from underside of leaf near midrib - close-upImage 5: Leaf hairs - from underside of leaf near midribImage 6: Leaf hairs - from underside of leaf near midrib (2)Image 7: Leaf hairs - from underside of leaf near midrib (3)Image 8: Leaf hairs - from underside of leaf near midrib (4)Image 9: Leaf hairs - from underside of leaf near midrib (5)
6: Castanea sativa (Sweet Chestnut)
6 Jun 1975 OSGR: SU86 51° 20’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: FoliageImage 2: Tree - young

Castanea sativa (Sweet Chestnut) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Castanea sativa (Sweet Chestnut)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 297 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Castanea sativa (Sweet Chestnut)
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