Common Name - Horse Chestnut

Scientific Name - Aesculus hippocastanum

Description: dull brown, thin, and on the trunk, it becomes roughened by shallow furrows and low ridges which are covered with thin scaly plates.
The Horse Chestnut Tree Bark

Description:
dull brown, thin, and on the trunk, it becomes roughened by shallow furrows and low ridges which are covered with thin scaly plates.

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