Tree recognition challenge #5
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Spot on! Said it was easy huh?
The Leaves and Flowers
The Bark
This is the Sweet Chestnut Castanea sativa
Of course famous for its nuts that may be eaten raw or cooked or ground to a flour.
The wood is used young for some woodworking but is a poor wood for uses other than fencing or decorative uses.
The leaves can be crushed to extract a soapy material (although the Horse Chestnut is superior)
An infusion of the leaves makes a good cough remedy
Red
YAY! I got this one from the first pic 
That's one of the few I can identify (from the leaves).
As an aside, there's some trees along the roadside here that have Sweet Chestnut like leaves, but the bark is like a flowering cherry. Any ideas what they might be. They look semi-mature, but have suffered from years of Sheffield Blight. I keep meaning to take a closer look, and then look them up.
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That's one of the few I can identify (from the leaves).As an aside, there's some trees along the roadside here that have Sweet Chestnut like leaves, but the bark is like a flowering cherry. Any ideas what they might be. They look semi-mature, but have suffered from years of Sheffield Blight. I keep meaning to take a closer look, and then look them up.
G
Bung up some piccs ganstey and I'll give it a go!
You really want Fenlander or Jon Pickett for the clever stuff though!
red
You really want Fenlander or Jon Pickett for the clever stuff though!
red
Hmmm, I always had it in my mind that they had different shaped leaves, but that would be the obvious answer
Time for me to get a few books out.G
If I don't ID from books tonight, I'll bring in the camera tomorrow and put up some pics.
G
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