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What Does a Horse Chestnut Tree Look Like?
What Does a Horse Chestnut Tree Look Like?. Horse chestnut trees are look-alike trees. Their shapeliness makes people think they're buckeye trees. Their chestnuts look strikingly like the edible sweet chestnut, but they taste terrible. If they look so much like other trees, how can you tell if you're looking at a horse chestnut tree?
Horse chestnut trees are look-alike trees. Their shapeliness makes people think they're buckeye trees. Their chestnuts look strikingly like the edible sweet chestnut, but they taste terrible. If they look so much like other trees, how can you tell if you're looking at a horse chestnut tree?
Check out the bark. Horse chestnut bark is dark gray and wart-like. Up close, it appears as though the cracked bark has been chiseled, revealing smooth patches.
White or pink flowers, with starry bursts of pink and yellow, bloom in late spring. The cone-shaped bunches are known as "candles," each candle measuring about 5 inches in length. The flowers have a sweet, woody scent.
Spiny green pods contain from one to three seeds. The seeds are what we recognize as smooth, brown chestnuts. Horse chestnuts are also known as conkers, named for a two-player game in which one player tries to break the other player's chestnut.
