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Aesculus glabra |
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Ohio
Buckeye |
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Central United States |
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Rounded to broadly oval, low branched.
Coarse textured |
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25-35 feet by 25-30 feet |
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Greenish-yellow flowers of this species from the
are borne on stalks 6 inches long |
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Mid-May |
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Opposite, palmately compound, 10. usually 5
leaflets, 4-8 inches long. Leaflets: 3-5 inches long,
elliptic, finely toothed, apex taper-pointed,
wedge-shaped. |
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Orangish fall color |
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Terminal bud ¾ inches long, not sticky, brown |
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Twigs have unpleasant odor when crushed |
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Capsule, brown, 2 inches wide, rounded,
somewhat prickly |
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Growth Rate: moderate |
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The leaves,
especially on young shoots in early spring and
the seeds are poisonous. The tree is also weak-wooded and is plagued by
insects and disease. |
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