This horse chest nuts tree was found in Platt Fields Park. Due to its size of around 20 meters, there was very little growing underneath the trees canopy as little light falls on the ground.
Its favorable conditions are damp well drained soils, which is where this horse chest nut was found. Its surrounding soil was very damp with patches of standing water. The horse chest nut is adaptable to different pH but doesn't tolerate dry soils very well.
The large leaves are divided into five or seven leaflets, spreading like fingers from the palm of the hand and have their margins finely toothed. All over the small branches may be found the curious marks in the shape of minute horse-shoe.
Palmate leaves a mixture of 5 to 7 leaves each
leaflet is around 13 to 30 cm the whole leaf can be up to 60 cm’s across.
White flowers grow in spring in erect panicles with
about 20-50 flowers on each about 1 to 5 conkers grow on each panicle.
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