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Horse Chestnut

horse chestnutAesculus hippocastanum

Its bark is red-brown or dark grey-brown with long plates.

The horse chestnut is found in parks and gardens.

It is used for decorative purposes and sometimes for turning.

 

 

Does your leaf look more like this:

lobed 

 

 

Then continue the trail.