{"id":6776,"date":"2012-02-06T12:18:46","date_gmt":"2012-02-06T18:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/?p=6776"},"modified":"2023-05-11T04:09:21","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T09:09:21","slug":"horse-chestnut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/horse-chestnut\/","title":{"rendered":"Horse Chestnut"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6776\" class=\"elementor elementor-6776\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3c38201c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3c38201c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4179b167\" data-id=\"4179b167\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1079a2cb custom-breadcrumbs elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1079a2cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/\"><i class=\"fa fa-home\"><!-- icon --><\/i><\/a><strong> &gt;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/hardwoods\/\">Hardwoods<\/a> &gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/hardwoods\/sapindaceae\/\">Sapindaceae<\/a>\u00a0&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/hardwoods\/sapindaceae\/aesculus\/\">Aesculus<\/a> &gt; <\/strong>hippocastanum<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-428c2474 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"428c2474\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5d1ce158\" data-id=\"5d1ce158\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c914e77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c914e77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"attachment_23883\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23883\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aesculus-hippocastanum.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23883\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aesculus-hippocastanum-225x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aesculus-hippocastanum-225x450.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aesculus-hippocastanum-300x600.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aesculus-hippocastanum-75x150.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aesculus-hippocastanum.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23883\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-46ddba3a\" data-id=\"46ddba3a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a3b9e1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a3b9e1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wood-articles\/common-name\/\"><strong>Common Name(s):<\/strong><\/a> Horse chestnut<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wood-articles\/scientific-name\/\"><strong>Scientific Name:<\/strong><\/a> Aesculus hippocastanum<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wood-articles\/distribution\/\"><strong>Distribution:<\/strong><\/a> Native to eastern Europe; also cultivated in temperate regions worldwide<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wood-articles\/tree-size\/\"><strong>Tree Size:<\/strong><\/a> 65-100 ft (20-30 m) tall,<\/p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2-3 ft (.6-1.0 m) trunk diameter<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wood-articles\/average-dried-weight\/\"><strong>Average Dried Weight:<\/strong><\/a> 31 lbs\/ft<sup>3<\/sup>\u00a0(500 kg\/m<sup>3<\/sup>)<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wood-articles\/specific-gravity\/\"><strong>Specific Gravity (Basic, 12% MC):<\/strong><\/a> .39, .50<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wood-articles\/janka-hardness\/\"><strong>Janka Hardness:<\/strong><\/a> 820 lb<sub>f<\/sub>\u00a0(3,630 N)<\/p><p><a title=\"Modulus of rupture, frequently abbreviated as MOR, (sometimes referred to as bending strength), is a measure of a specimen\u2019s strength before rupture. It can be used to determine a wood species\u2019 overall strength; unlike the modulus of elasticity, which measures the wood\u2019s deflection, but not its ultimate strength. (That is to say, some species of wood will bow under stress, but not easily break.)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wood-articles\/modulus-of-rupture\/\"><strong>Modulus of Rupture:<\/strong><\/a>\u00a09,790 lb<sub>f<\/sub>\/in<sup>2<\/sup>\u00a0(67.5 MPa)<\/p><p><a title=\"In the simplest terms, the modulus of elasticity (MOE) measures a wood\u2019s stiffness, and is a good overall indicator of its strength. Technically it\u2019s a measurement of the ratio of stress placed upon the wood compared to the strain (deformation) that the wood exhibits along its length.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wood-articles\/modulus-of-elasticity\/\"><strong>Elastic Modulus:<\/strong><\/a>\u00a01,036,000 lb<sub>f<\/sub>\/in<sup>2<\/sup>\u00a0(7.15 GPa)<\/p><p><a title=\"Sometimes known as compression strength parallel to the grain, this is a measurement of the wood\u2019s maximum crushing strength when weight is applied to the ends of the wood (compression is parallel to the grain). This number is a good indicator of the wood\u2019s strength in applications such as deck posts, chair legs, or other circumstances where the load being applied is parallel rather than perpendicular to the grain.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wood-articles\/crushing-strength\/\"><strong>Crushing Strength:<\/strong><\/a>\u00a05,460 lb<sub>f<\/sub>\/in<sup>2<\/sup>\u00a0(37.7 MPa)<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wood-articles\/dimensional-shrinkage\/\"><strong>Shrinkage:<\/strong><\/a> No data available, values most likely very similar to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/yellow-buckeye\/\">yellow buckeye<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f3ff92e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f3ff92e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#pics\"><i class=\"fa fa-camera-retro fa-lg\"><\/i> <strong>More images<\/strong><\/a> | <a href=\"#identification\"><i class=\"fa fa-search fa-lg\"><\/i> <strong>Identification<\/strong><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-528008d5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"528008d5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6650ff92\" data-id=\"6650ff92\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d287340 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d287340\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wood-articles\/wood-color-appearance\/\"><strong>Color\/Appearance:<\/strong><\/a> Heartwood is creamy white or yellowish brown, not clearly demarcated from the white sapwood.<\/p><\/blockquote><blockquote><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wood-articles\/wood-grain-texture\/\">Grain\/Texture:<\/a><\/strong> Grain tends to be wavy or interlocked. Horse chestnut has a fine, even texture.<\/p><\/blockquote><blockquote><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wood-articles\/wood-durability\/\">Rot Resistance:<\/a><\/strong> Horse chestnut has poor decay resistance, and is rated as non-durable to perishable.<\/p><\/blockquote><blockquote><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wood-articles\/wood-workability\/\"><strong>Workability:<\/strong><\/a> Horse chestnut is generally easy to work, but it&#8217;s low density and interlocked grain can lead to fuzzy surfaces, similar to Aspen or Cottonwood. Glues and finishes well.<\/p><\/blockquote><blockquote><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wood-articles\/wood-odor\/\">Odor:<\/a><\/strong> No characteristic odor.<\/p><\/blockquote><blockquote><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wood-articles\/wood-allergies-and-toxicity\/\"><strong>Allergies\/Toxicity:<\/strong><\/a> Besides the standard health risks associated with any type of wood dust, no further health reactions have been associated with horse chestnut.\u00a0See the articles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wood-articles\/wood-allergies-and-toxicity\/\">Wood Allergies and Toxicity<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wood-articles\/wood-dust-safety\/\">Wood Dust Safety<\/a> for more information.<\/p><\/blockquote><blockquote><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wood-articles\/wood-pricing-availability\/\"><strong>Pricing\/Availability:<\/strong><\/a> Not regularly available in North America,\u00a0availability\u00a0is likely to be limited to its natural range in Europe, where prices should be moderate.<\/p><\/blockquote><blockquote><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wood-articles\/restricted-and-endangered-wood-species\/\"><strong>Sustainability:<\/strong><\/a> This wood species is not listed in the CITES Appendices, but is on the IUCN Red List. It is listed as vulnerable due to a population size estimated to number fewer than 10,000 mature trees and a continuing decline of mature trees, with no subpopulation estimated to contain more than 1,000 mature trees. (This IUCN assessment is only for the native populations found in the Balkan Peninsula, and does not take into account cultivated trees that are found worldwide.)<\/p><\/blockquote><blockquote><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #105378;\"><strong>Common Uses:<\/strong><\/span> Veneer, furniture, plywood, interior trim, and turned objects.<\/p><\/blockquote><blockquote><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #105378;\"><strong>Comments:<\/strong><\/span> So named because nuts from the tree are toxic to horses. Despite having &#8220;chestnut&#8221; in its common name, it&#8217;s not closely related to the wood that has traditionally been referred to as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/american-chestnut\/\">chestnut<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/hardwoods\/fagaceae\/castanea\/\"><em>Castanea<\/em> genus<\/a>. Horse chestnut is actually related to its American counterpart in the <em>Aesculus<\/em> genus, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/yellow-buckeye\/\">yellow buckeye<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-71aaba91 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"71aaba91\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2d17ab1\" data-id=\"2d17ab1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ebbbc5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-advads_ad_widget\" data-id=\"1ebbbc5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"pics\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-advads_ad_widget.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"datab-3490930733\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3550840598661096\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3550840598661096\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"7018119591\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5159c2c2 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5159c2c2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-454fd1f\" data-id=\"454fd1f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68981800 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68981800\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #105378;\"><strong>Images:<\/strong><\/span> Drag the slider up\/down to toggle between raw and finished wood. 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elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e2936a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=j5IHt-sW_8E&amp;autoplay=1&amp;controls=0&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;loop=1\"><i class=\"fa fa-play\"><\/i> Watch video of wood finish being applied.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-53124f3b\" data-id=\"53124f3b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-35b99ecc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"35b99ecc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bf006a6\" data-id=\"bf006a6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12eb3280 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"12eb3280\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"attachment_23996\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23996\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aesculus-hippocastanum5-earis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-banner wp-image-23996\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aesculus-hippocastanum5-earis-250x167.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aesculus-hippocastanum5-earis-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aesculus-hippocastanum5-earis-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aesculus-hippocastanum5-earis-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aesculus-hippocastanum5-earis-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aesculus-hippocastanum5-earis-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aesculus-hippocastanum5-earis.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23996\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Horse chestnut (turned)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-12b1e81d\" data-id=\"12b1e81d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-688a1144 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"688a1144\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7e499c47\" data-id=\"7e499c47\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a771d38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a771d38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wood-articles\/hardwood-anatomy\/\" name=\"identification\"><strong>Identification:<\/strong><\/a> See the article on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wood-articles\/hardwood-anatomy\/\">Hardwood Anatomy<\/a> for definitions of endgrain features.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-100dcbde elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"100dcbde\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2df29a97\" data-id=\"2df29a97\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-458ba09c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"458ba09c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"attachment_23886\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23886\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aesculus-hippocastanum4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23886\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aesculus-hippocastanum4-225x338.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aesculus-hippocastanum4-225x338.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aesculus-hippocastanum4-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aesculus-hippocastanum4-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aesculus-hippocastanum4.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23886\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Horse chestnut (endgrain 10x)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75146100 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"75146100\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"attachment_23885\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23885\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aesculus-hippocastanum3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23885\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aesculus-hippocastanum3-225x45.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"45\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aesculus-hippocastanum3-225x45.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aesculus-hippocastanum3-600x120.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aesculus-hippocastanum3-100x20.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aesculus-hippocastanum3.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23885\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Horse chestnut (endgrain 1x)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2e5b5f4\" data-id=\"2e5b5f4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bed0672 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2bed0672\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wood-articles\/hardwood-anatomy\/#porosity\"><strong>Porosity:<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0diffuse porous<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wood-articles\/hardwood-anatomy\/#arrangement\"><strong>Arrangement:<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0solitary and radial multiples<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wood-articles\/hardwood-anatomy\/#size\"><strong>Vessels:<\/strong><\/a> small, very numerous<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wood-articles\/hardwood-anatomy\/#paratracheal\"><strong>Parenchyma:<\/strong><\/a> marginal<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wood-articles\/hardwood-anatomy\/#rays\"><strong>Rays:<\/strong><\/a> narrow, normal to close spacing<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #105378;\"><strong>Lookalikes\/Substitutes:<\/strong><\/span> Horse chestnut can be confused with other European hardwood species with lightweight, diffuse-porous wood, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/european-aspen\/\">European aspen <em>(Populus tremula)<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/european-lime\/\">European lime <em>(Tilia x europaea)<\/em><\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/crack-willow\/\">crack willow <em>(Salix fragilis)<\/em><\/a>. Another species of <em>Aesculus<\/em> which is also in cultivation is <em>A. turbinata<\/em> (Japanese horse chestnut).\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #105378;\"><strong>Notes:<\/strong><\/span> Much like the distinguishing mark between yellow buckeye and Ohio buckeye, horse chestnut lacks ripple marks on flatsawn surfaces, while they are present in both Japanese horse chestnut <em>(A. turbinata)<\/em> and yellow buckeye<em> (A. flava).<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7666fbb1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7666fbb1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-65e51653\" data-id=\"65e51653\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-508f19a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"508f19a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/\"><i class=\"fa fa-home\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><strong> &gt;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/hardwoods\/\">Hardwoods<\/a> &gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/hardwoods\/sapindaceae\/\">Sapindaceae<\/a>\u00a0&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/hardwoods\/sapindaceae\/aesculus\/\">Aesculus<\/a> &gt;\u00a0<\/strong>Related species\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ac8601a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ac8601a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"facetwp-template\" data-name=\"aesculus\"><div class=\"row\">    \n    <!-- a six column wide div for each post -->\n    <div class=\"col-md-6\">\n     <p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/yellow-buckeye\/\">\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"167\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aesculus-flava-250x167.jpg\" class=\"attachment-banner size-banner wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<br><strong>Buckeye, yellow<\/strong><br><em>(Aesculus flava)<\/em><\/a><\/p><\/br>\n  <\/div>\n\n    <!-- a six column wide div for each post -->\n    <div class=\"col-md-6\">\n     <p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/ohio-buckeye\/\">\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"167\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aesculus-glabra-250x167.jpg\" class=\"attachment-banner size-banner wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<br><strong>Buckeye, Ohio<\/strong><br><em>(Aesculus glabra)<\/em><\/a><\/p><\/br>\n  <\/div>\n\n    <!-- a six column wide div for each post -->\n    <div class=\"col-md-6\">\n     <p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/horse-chestnut\/\">\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"167\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aesculus-hippocastanum-250x167.jpg\" class=\"attachment-banner size-banner wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<br><strong>Chestnut, horse<\/strong><br><em>(Aesculus hippocastanum)<\/em><\/a><\/p><\/br>\n  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