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Sweet chestnut

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The sweet chestnut, also called the Spanish chestnut or European chestnut, is a species of tree in the family Fagaceae, growing to as much as 35 meters tall with trunks that can exceed 4 meters in width. It bears long, toothed leaves and catkins carrying both male and female flowers, and produces brownish edible nuts enclosed in spiky sheaths. It is native to southern Europe and Anatolia, found across the Mediterranean region from the Caspian Sea to the Atlantic Ocean, and is widely cultivated across western and central Europe, covering roughly 2.25 million hectares of European forest as of 2004. Sweet chestnut trees typically live 500 to 600 years, and cultivated specimens have been recorded living over a thousand years. The IUCN lists the species as Least Concern. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts

Classification

Diet

Photosynthetic Autotroph 1

System (Realm)

Terrestrial and Marine 1

Relationship to People

Farmed or Commercially Raised 1

Living or Extinct

Yes 2

Comparison

NatureServe Rank

G5 Secure 3

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 4

Scientific Name

Castanea sativa 2

Conservation Status

Least Concern 1

Connections

Child Taxon Of

Source Sweet chestnut (Wikidata)

In Biome

Temperate Forest

Source Plants For A Future: Castanea sativa

In Ecosystem

Source Sweet chestnut (Wikipedia)

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Sources

1. Sweet chestnut (Wikipedia)

Infobox: status
LC
System/realm (stated plainly in the entity own recorded description)
25 million hectares of European forest as of 2004.
Lead section
The species is native to Southern Europe and Anatolia, and widely cultivated in Western and Central Europe.
Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to
The sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa), also known as the Spanish chestnut or European chestnut, is a species of tree in the flowering plant family Fagaceae.
In Ecosystem: Caspian Sea, Distribution and habitat
It is found across the Mediterranean region, from the Caspian Sea to the Atlantic Ocean.

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2. Sweet chestnut (Wikidata)

Wikidata

Wikidata Q22699 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
Child Taxon Of: Fagaceae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain

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3. NatureServe Explorer: Castanea sativa

NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)

Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)

"roundedGRank": "G5"

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4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Fagales

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12383

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"cites_listing":"III/NC","eu_listing":"C/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Fagales","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]

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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Fagaceae

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12542

Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12542

"cites_listing":"III/NC","eu_listing":"C/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Fagales","family":"Fagaceae"},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Robles, encinas","language":"ES"},{"name":"Oaks","language":"EN"},{"name":"Chênes","language":"FR"},{"name":"壳斗科","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]

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Plant (Wikipedia)

Lead, whole group is photosynthetic

Quote, Lead, whole group is photosynthetic

They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.

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Plants For A Future: Castanea sativa

Plants For A FutureIn Biome: Temperate Forest, Habitats

Quote, In Biome: Temperate Forest, Habitats

Woods in mountains

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