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Castanea sativa (European chestnut)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Castanea sativa, or sweet chestnut, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fagaceae, native to Europe and Asia Minor, and widely cultivated throughout the temperate world. A substantial, long-lived deciduous tree, it produces an edible seed, the chestnut, which has been used in cooking since ancient times.
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Attributes

Air Quality Improvement [1]  Low
Allergen Potential [1]  Medium
Carbon Capture [1]  Low
Shade Percentage [1]  80 %
Temperature Reduction [1]  Medium-Low
Wind Reduction [1]  Medium-Low
Dispersal Mode [6]  Hoarding
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Monoecious
Janka Hardness [3]  680 lbf (308 kgf) Soft
Leaf Type [2]  Deciduous
Lifespan [4]  Perennial
Pollinators [2]  Bees
Specific Gravity [7]  0.463
Structure [2]  Tree
Usage [2]  Tannin is obtained from the bark; The wood, leaves and seed husks also contain tannin; The husks contain 10 - 13% tannin; On a 10% moisture basis, the bark contains 6.8% tannin and the wood 13.4%; The meal of the seed has been used as a source of starch and also for whitening linen cloth; A hair shampoo is made from the leaves and the skins of the fruits; It imparts a golden gleam to the hair; Wood - hard, strong, light. The young growing wood is very durable, though older wood becomes brittle and liable to crack; It is used for carpentry, turnery, props, basketry, fence posts etc; A very good fuel;
Height [2]  98 feet (30 m)
Width [2]  49 feet (15 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 5 Low Temperature: -20 F° (-28.9 C°) → -10 F° (-23.3 C°)
Hardiness Zone Maximum [1]  USDA Zone: 8 Low Temperature: 10 F° (-12.2 C°) → 20 F° (-6.7 C°)
Light Preference [5]  Mixed Sun/Shade
Soil Acidity [5]  Moderate Acid
Soil Fertility [5]  Intermediate
Soil Moisture [5]  Moist
Water Use [1]  Moderate to Low
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Ecosystems

Predators

Providers

Mutual (symbiont) 
Tylopilus felleus (Bitter Bolete)[11]

Consumers

External References

USDA Plant Profile

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Citations

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♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts
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♦ 8HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 9Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
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♦ 11Ecology of Commanster
♦ 12Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 13New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Plant-SyNZ™ database
♦ 14Juškaitis R. 2008. The Common Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius: Ecology, Population Structure and Dynamics. Institute of Ecology of Vilnius University Publishers, Vilnius.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0