Aesculus hippocastanum L.

vernacular horse chestnut — species · Hippocastanaceae

USDA: AEHI
GBIF: 3189815
Rank: species

horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) — Platephotograph · Jessica Bailey Harrington source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Growth habit: Tree
Duration: Perennial
Group: Dicot
Family: Hippocastanaceae A. Rich.
Genus: Aesculus

§2a

Native status, by region

CAN Canada Introduced
L48 Lower 48 States Introduced

§2b

County-level range

· 62 counties across 8 states/territories

Legend Native · 0 Introduced · 62 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.

§4Counties, by state