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2015
Tree
Perennial
Monoecious
Non-native
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer
Creamy-white
Unisexual
4-6 sepals
Petals absent
12(-18) stamens in staminate flowers
Flowers in catkins
FRUIT:
Fall
Brown
Nut
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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fagales
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Castanea crenata
FAMILY
Fagaceae
COMMON NAME:
Japanese Chestnut
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JK Marlow s071016_b
October Oconee County SC
Finely serrate, veins ending on teeth, often reduced to bristlelike points, per Flora of China.