Sweet Chestnut (Castanea sativa) - Detail

Species Detail - Sweet Chestnut (Castanea sativa) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Vascular plants: Online Atlas of Vascular Plants 2012 Onwards".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).

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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).

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Scientific Name Castanea sativa

Common Name Sweet Chestnut

Taxon Version Key NHMSYS0000456969 UnverifiedUnverified

Synonyms Castanea castanea (L.) Karst., Spanish Chestnut

Designations N/A

Abbreviation casat

Authority Mill.

Group flowering plant

Rank Species

Number Of Records 220

Number Of 10Km Squares 105

Number Of 50Km Squares 54

Oldest Record 01/03/2007

Newest Record 25/08/2024

Phenology - earliest record (across all datasets) 2 January (recorded in 2018)

Phenology - latest record (across all datasets) 28 December (recorded in 2021)

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Citation Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Vascular plants: Online Atlas of Vascular Plants 2012 Onwards, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Sweet Chestnut (Castanea sativa), accessed 21 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/409/Species/40431>

Species Detail - Sweet Chestnut (Castanea sativa) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Vascular plants: Online Atlas of Vascular Plants 2012 Onwards".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Marine Map - 50km

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Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)