A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife
Project Noah Nature School
Aesculus hippocastanum
Spotted on Sep 27, 2010
Submitted on Nov 6, 2011
5 Comments
Its a common mistake.
Thank you for the correction ja.emmans, & craig ... apologies for the delay!!
Closely related but this is a conker tree or horse chestnut.
Hi Craig. Thanks for the correction : )
Congrats on your amazing moth photo! : )
Hey Viv, this is a Horse Chestnut (Aesculus sp.) Castanea sativa doesn't have a compound leaf:http://www.pfaf.org/user/plant.aspx?latinname=Castanea+sativa