Bitterroot Restoration

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Plantae
 Division: Magnoliophyta
  Class: Magnoliopsida
   Order: Sapindales
    Family: Hippocastanaceae
     Genus: Aesculus
      Species: Aesculus hippocastanum

Common name: Horse chestnut
Edible Parts: Seed
Life cycle: Perennial
Light: It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade.
Native Range : North Europe,  Greece Albania. Naturalized in Britain
Habitat: Mountain woods

Description: Aesculus are woody plants from 4 to 36m tall (depending on species), and have stout shoots with resinous, often sticky, buds, opposite, palmately divided leaves. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs). The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils, requires well-drained soil and can grow in nutritionally poor soil. The plant prefers acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils. It requires dry or moist soil. The plant can tolerates strong winds but not maritime exposure. It can tolerate atmospheric pollution. 

Medicinal Uses: Alterative, Analgesic, Antiinflammatory, Astringent, Bach; Diuretic, Expectorant, Febrifuge, Haemostatic, Narcotic, Tonic, Vasoconstrictor, Vulnerary.