Abstract
The only species of Castanea of any importance in Britain and the rest of Europe is C. sativa, the sweet or Spanish chestnut. This tree is grown in more southerly parts of Europe for its nuts as well as for its timber, though in some areas, especially in Italy, it has declined in importance because of damage by the chestnut blight fungus Endothia parasitica. In Britain it was formerly much grown as a coppice crop for fencing, etc., and small areas are still used for that purpose. It is now grown mainly as an ornamental in parks and gardens. Though sweet chestnut fruits ripen in southern England, they remain small, and nearly all the chestnuts sold for eating are imported.
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Phillips, D.H., Burdekin, D.A. (1982). Diseases of sweet chestnut (Castanea spp.). In: Diseases of Forest and Ornamental Trees. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-06177-8_15
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