Common horse chestnut

Adress

GPS coordinates :

50.8602 , 4.3881

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Identity

Latin name :

Aesculus hippocastanum

French name :

Marronnier commun

Dutch name :

Witte paardenkastanje

English name :

Common horse chestnut

Family :

Aesculus

Height :

Targeted height :

This species can grow up to 30–35 m

Diameter of the crown :

Trunk circumference :

Expected circumference :

700 cm

Expected longevity :

Can live for 300 years

Origin / Indigenous

Originally from the Balkans and Anatolia, it spread throughout Europe in the middle of the 16th century

Favorite soil :

Likes all soil types, but not too dry if possible

Favorite climate

Cool to temperate and Mediterranean

Enhances the landscape :

Enhances the biodiversity :

Provide oxygen :

Purify the air :

Filter the water :

Prevents flooding :

Stores carbon :

Softens the climate :

Limits soil erosion :

Does good, heals :

Collection of the Belgian State, permanent loan to the Meise Botanic Garden : Hempel, Die Bäume und Sträucher dese Waldes, pl. 47, 1889