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Young tree in natural habitat American chestnut male (pollen) catkins. Castanea dentata is a rapidly-growing, large, deciduous hardwood eudicot tree. [20] A singular specimen manifest in Maine has attained a height of 115 feet (35 m) [21] Pre-blight sources give a maximum height of 100 feet (30 m) and a maximum circumference of 13 feet (4.0 m). [22]
The disease has risen markedly in the UK since 2003, [6] and now approximately one half of all horse chestnuts in Great Britain are affected and showing symptoms to some degree. [5] The disease is spreading at an alarming rate in the Netherlands, [7] where one third of all horse chestnuts are affected to a greater or lesser extent. [8]
Chestnuts grow over time, protruding from the surface of the leg. Grooming for horse showing may include peeling or trimming the outer layers to give a neater appearance to the leg; they may peel more easily if softened first with baby oil or moisturizer. Also, if the horse is exercised so that it has sweated, the chestnut is temporarily ...
Chestnuts were an important cash crop and food source. Many native animals fed on chestnuts, and chestnuts were used for livestock feed, which kept the cost of raising livestock low. [22] Efforts started in the 1930s and are still ongoing, in Massachusetts [23] and many other places [24] in the United States, to repopulate chestnut trees. [25]
Examples of computer clip art, from Openclipart. Clip art (also clipart, clip-art) is a type of graphic art. Pieces are pre-made images used to illustrate any medium. Today, clip art is used extensively and comes in many forms, both electronic and printed. However, most clip art today is created, distributed, and used in a digital form.
Aesculus hippocastanum, the horse chestnut, [1] [2] [3] is a species of flowering plant in the maple, soapberry and lychee family Sapindaceae.It is a large, deciduous, synoecious (hermaphroditic-flowered) tree. [4]
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Chestnut Trees and Farm at Jas de Bouffan is an oil on canvas painting by Paul Cézanne, created c. 1884. It is held in the Norton Simon Museum, in Pasadena. [1]