Sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa) fruits on autumn leaves. One is inside its half-open fruit casing (prickly). Photographed in October, in the New Fore

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Sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa) fruits on autumn leaves. One is inside its half-open fruit casing (prickly). Photographed in October, in the New Forest, Hampshire, UK.

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Photo credit: © COLIN VARNDELL/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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