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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Sapindales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Aesculus hippocastanum
FAMILY
Sapindaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aesculus hippocastanum
FAMILY
Hippocastanaceae
COMMON NAME:
Horsechestnut
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service pnd_aescu_002_lvp
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_hippocastanum_2
May Suffolk County MA
Arnold Arboretum
A tree 50-75' tall, usually a spread of 40-70'. Can grow to 100' or taller, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_hippocastanum_9
May Suffolk County MA
Arnold Arboretum
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_hippocastanum_c
August
Flowers white with a blotch of yellow at the base which turns reddish, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants.