#chestnut trees are blooming in #munich (⁠ ⁠◜⁠‿⁠◝⁠ ⁠)⁠♡ #treesofmastodon #helio26
Belgium, Wemmel : Red Horse-chestnut (Sapinaceae, Aeschylus x carnea hybrid = Aeschylus hippocastanum x Aeschulus pavia) #belgium #wemmel #hundredhorsechestnut #chestnut #tree #hybrid #nothospecies #botanical #naturephotography

Ergänzend zu eben und gestern,
#unterwegs, am #Straßenrand:

Die #Kastanien blühen,
mit tausenden Kerzen...

Kurz innehalten, schauen,
sich freuen: Schön!

Nun auch von nahem:
Das Ganze in Rot!

#Kastanie #Rosskastanie #Baum
#Blüte #Natur #Straße #chestnut
#tree #blossom #nature #street
#Frühling #spring

Ergänzend zu gestern,
#unterwegs, am #Straßenrand:

Die #Kastanien blühen,
mit tausenden Kerzen...

Kurz innehalten,
schauen,
sich freuen: Schön!

Hier jetzt von nahem:
Die weiße Variante...

#Kastanie #Rosskastanie #Baum
#Blüte #Natur #Straße #chestnut
#tree #blossom #nature #street
#Frühling #spring

#chestnut : one of the round, or oval, horny plates on the inner sides of the legs of the horse, and allied animals

- French: chataigne

- German: die Kastanie

- Italian: castagna

- Portuguese: castanha

- Spanish: castaña

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#nature #spring #chestnut #heart #love
💡Idea for inspiration from Tuscany, where a #CAP-funded project aimed at combating #climatechange in the region, has harnessed the antioxidant potential of an iconic waste material – the #chestnut burr- while increasing revenues for chestnut producers🌰
https://eu-cap-network.ec.europa.eu/good-practice/transforming-chestnut-waste-resource_en
Transforming chestnut waste into a resource | EU CAP Network

Genetically Modified Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire
The first article I remember reading about the chestnut reintroduction projects, way back in 2014.

#chestnut #extinction #trees

Genetically Modified Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire

A project to save the chestnut tree is gaining momentum—and opponents

Popular Science

Bringing the "functionally extinct" American chestnut back from the dead
An update on the multiple attempts to bring the species back to its original range, where it once dominated forests before a pair of blights nearly wiped it out.
The hybrids, the genetically modified, and the descendants of resistant trees all do a little better, but not a lot. Combining all approaches might be needed.

#extinction #trees #chestnut

Bringing the "functionally extinct" American chestnut back from the dead

Wiped out in its native range by invasive pathogens, the trees may make a comeback.

Ars Technica