Horse Chestnut
The horse chestnut can be found throughout Central Park. It resembles the American chestnut, which has been distressed by chestnut blight. In New York (including in Central Park), horse chestnuts suffer from a fungus disease that make their leaves turn brown and fall off in the summer. However, the horse chestnut still contains beautiful flowers that bloom in the spring.
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Leaves
Compound, palmate -
Fruit
Resembles a chestnut with spikes -
Flower
Upright, pyramidal, white to pinkish, sit upright on twigs -
Bark
Smooth when young, can develop plates as it gets older, greenish brown
