{"id":304,"date":"2013-08-29T11:30:16","date_gmt":"2013-08-29T18:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/trees\/?page_id=304"},"modified":"2025-03-20T08:34:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T15:34:52","slug":"horsechestnuts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/horsechestnuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Horsechestnuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t confuse these trees with the edible chestnuts that are roasted on an open fire. All horsechestnuts have toxic seeds, flowers, and leaves. The nuts (or &#8220;conkers&#8221;) are a dangerous problem when they fall on sidewalks and, for this reason, Portland will no longer allow these trees to be planted along the streets.<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<ul class=\"childPages\"><li><h2><span class=\"commonname\">Common Horsechestnut<\/h2><span class=\"scientificNameValue\">Scientific name: Aesculus hippocastanum<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"childContent\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/AEHI1_lg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-667 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/AEHI1_lg-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Common Horsechestnut\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/AEHI1_lg-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/AEHI1_lg.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/AEHI2_lg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-668 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/AEHI2_lg-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Common Horsechestnut\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/AEHI2_lg-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/AEHI2_lg.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nA deciduous tree, the Common Horsechestnut is native to mountainous Greece and Albania. It is a large tree with spring blossoms and relatively large nuts.<br \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/horsechestnuts\/common-horsechestnut\/\">View tree page and map.<\/a><\/p><\/li><li><h2><span class=\"commonname\">Red Horsechestnut<\/h2><span class=\"scientificNameValue\">Scientific name: Aesculus x carnea<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"childContent\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/AECA1_lg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-663 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/AECA1_lg-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Red Horsechestnut\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/AECA1_lg-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/AECA1_lg.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/AECA2_lg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-664 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/AECA2_lg-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Red Horsechestnut\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/AECA2_lg-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/AECA2_lg.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/horsechestnuts\/red-horsechestnut-2\/\">View tree page and map.<\/a><\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t confuse these trees with the edible chestnuts that are roasted on an open fire. All horsechestnuts have toxic seeds, flowers, and leaves. The nuts (or &#8220;conkers&#8221;) are a dangerous problem when they fall on sidewalks and, for this reason,&nbsp;&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/horsechestnuts\/red-horsechestnut-2\/\">finish&nbsp;reading&nbsp;Red Horsechestnut<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1742,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"trees_template.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-304","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1844,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/304\/revisions\/1844"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}