Nature finds a way...

#florespondence #bloomscrolling #ladybird #SweetChestnut

How the chestnut traced the rise and fall of the Roman Empire https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250513-what-chestnuts-reveal-about-the-roman-empire

"Europe's landscape was altered by the Romans' forestry, reintroducing the sweet Italian chestnut where it hadn't existed since the #IceAge... In countries such as Switzerland, France and parts of Germany, #SweetChestnut pollen was near-absent from pollen record before the Romans arrived... But as the Empire expanded, the presence of the pollen grew... After around 400-500 AD, the percentage drops temporarily"

Castanea Sativa - Edle Kastanie, c.1905-10 - Römmler & Jonas AK

https://www.delcampe.net/en_GB/collectables/postcards/flowers-plants-trees/trees/castanea-sativa-edle-kastanie-c-1905-10-rommler-jonas-ak-2038051565.html

#CastaneaSativa #Edlekastanie #SweetChestnut #Ansichtskarten #Postcard #Postcards

Who keeps instructions
For leaves? This is Sweet Chestnut:
Tooth-edged, ovoid, green

#haiku #leaves #trees #life #SweetChestnut

A mighty sweet chestnut at Killerton, with knobs on!
(that is, small galls or burls)

#ThickTrunkTuesday #Autumn
#Bäume #Trees #Esskastanien #SweetChestnut

Sweet chestnut. Gedgrave, near Orford, Suffolk.

#OutdoorPhotography #chestnut #SweetChestnut #nature #landscape #landscapes #LandscapePhotography #IntimateLandscapes #StillLife #autumn #fall #trees #woodland #WoodlandPhotography #orford

Castanea sativa, #SweetChestnut, Edelkastanie
#Potsdam #NeuerGarten @[email protected]

Estimated to be between 200 and 250 years old. Actually, neither the soil nor the climate are suitable here.

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