Chestnut is a decorative park tree. Its bloom is an amazing sight. The flowers are similar to white candles with yellow-red specks, standing on the branches of a tree. They are fluffy and very delicate, resembling little moths on closer inspection. The scientific name of the tree is American Chestnut or Serrated Chestnut.
This tree is fruitful. It can reach thirty-five meters in height, and the trunk diameter can be up to one and a half meters. Chestnut is a bright representative of trees with a chic spreading crown, which is lowered and equipped with rather thick branches. The bark is gray or light brown, speckled with deep grooves. The chestnut buds are oval, large, brown, covered with sticky juice, pointed at the end.
The chestnut leaves have a unique shape, very beautiful: pointed with a wedge-shaped asymmetric base. They look like cannabis paws and leaves. In autumn they turn yellow and fall off, unique specimens for lovers of herbarium. Inflorescences reach twenty centimeters in length, male, female at the base and in the minority: only 2-3. Chestnut blossoms in July.
The chestnut fruit is very original, it is a light green powerful thorn (plus) with a diameter of up to seven centimeters, the thorns are thin and long, but can be harmful if thrown at someone, as, for example, do mischievous boys who like to play "war". Each such thorn contains 2-3 light brown fruits with a sweet core inside. The chestnut habitat is North America, it is cultivated in France and Germany, and also decorates parks and summer cottages in Russia.
For a year, the chestnut grows about half a meter. The tree actively grows and develops until the age of sixty, then there is a decline in growth and by the age of ninety the tree is subject to felling.
Chestnut tree perfectly tolerates frost, gas pollution of the atmosphere, which makes it ideal for planting within the city. Several varieties suitable for life in Russia have been bred, and they delight the inhabitants of the country with their beautiful flowering in parks.
It should be noted that the fruit of the American chestnut is a valuable nutritious product, in some countries it is considered a real delicacy.
Chestnut wood has important properties useful in the construction of furniture and other useful production. Tannins are obtained from chestnut wood.
