Ripe sweet chestnuts Castea sativa, lying with leaves on the ground.

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Ripe sweet chestnuts fall from the trees to the forest floor in Autumn, where they spill from their spiky seed cases. Collected by foragers, they are roasted and eaten.

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Size: 4288px × 2848px
Location: New Forest, Hampshire, UK
Photo credit: © Roger Covey / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: autumn, case, castea, chestnut, chestnuts, edible, forage, foraging, forest, leaves, nut, nuts, ripe, sativa, season, seasonal, seasons, seed, seedcase, spiky, sweet