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| Classification | european
chestnut |
| Height: | up
to 30 m |
| Leaf: | up
to 20 cm long |
| Bloom: | greenish,
white catkins |
| Fruit: | nuts,
edible |
| Branches: | young
branches are pannose |
| Bark: | gray
– graygreen, first smooth, later elongated groove |
| Root: | deep
roots |
| Location: | sun
to half-shade |
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Soil: | sandy
to sandy - loamy |
| ph-value: | neutral
to acidic |
| Diseases: | european
chestnut |
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| Browning
of leaves (Marssonina) | | First,
small brown spots, then linked together. This is not dangerous for the tree. |
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| Chestnut
canker (Cryphonectria parasitica) | | Trunks
and branches are affected. The bark splits open and it becomes discolored. The
leaves wilt, but do not fall off. This is dangerous because oaks may also be affected.
Without treatment this canker will lead to the tree dying. In any case, an expert
should be called. | |
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