Sweet chestnut trees

Royal Horticultural Society calls on public to help map sweet chestnut trees

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) and Coventry University are calling on the public to spot sweet chestnuts on their daily stroll as they launch a new citizen science project to help protect the at-risk tree for the future.

Found in woods and parks throughout the UK, the iconic sweet chestnut ( Castanea sativa ) with its attractive, deeply-grooved bark, distinctively jagged-edged...