PLANTS Profile for Aesculus hippocastanum (horse chestnut)

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PLANTS Profile

Aesculus hippocastanum L.
horse chestnut

Symbol:

AEHI

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Hippocastanaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I

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W.D. Brush. Provided by National Agricultural Library. Originally from US Forest Service. United States, DC, Washington. Usage Requirements.

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Aesculus hippocastanum L.

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Distribution:
Aesculus hippocastanum L.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CT, GA, IA, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, VA, WA, WV), CAN (BC, NB, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Aesculus hippocastanum L.

View 1 genera in Hippocastanaceae, 16 species in Aesculus

Classification:
Aesculus hippocastanum L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Sapindales
Family	Hippocastanaceae – Horse-chestnut family
Genus	Aesculus L. – buckeye
Species	Aesculus hippocastanum L. – horse chestnut

Introduced Information:
Aesculus hippocastanum L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Aesculus hippocastanum L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 28721.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Related Web Sites:
Aesculus hippocastanum L.

Michigan State University Extension, Home Horticulture: abstract and images

Poisonous Plants of North Carolina: abstract & images

Purdue University, Center for New Crops & Plants Products: abstract

Texas A&M: Vascular Plant Image Gallery

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