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| name = Aesculus glabra
 
| name = Aesculus glabra
| common_names = Ohio buckeye
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| common_names = Ohio Buckeye
 
| growth_habit = tree
 
| growth_habit = tree
| high = about 40 ft
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| high = about 30 m
| wide =     <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
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| wide = 1.5 m trunk diameter
| origin =     <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
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| origin = Eastern North America
 
| poisonous = seeds slightly toxic
 
| poisonous = seeds slightly toxic
 
| lifespan = perennial
 
| lifespan = perennial
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| sunset_zones = 1-10, 12, 14-17, 32-43
 
| sunset_zones = 1-10, 12, 14-17, 32-43
 
| color = IndianRed
 
| color = IndianRed
| image = Upload.png  <!--- Freesia.jpg -->
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| image = Aesculus glabra USDA.jpg
 
| image_width = 240px    <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
 
| image_width = 240px    <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
 
| image_caption =    <!--- eg. Cultivated freesias -->
 
| image_caption =    <!--- eg. Cultivated freesias -->
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|species = glabra
 
|species = glabra
 
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Aesculus glabra, Willd. (AE. ohioensis, Michx. Pavia glabra, Spach. P. pallida, Spach). OHIO BUCKEYE. Small tree, 15-30 ft.: lfts. 5, oval or cuneate-obovate; finely serrate, smooth: panicles 5-6 in. long; fls. greenish yellow; petals of nearly equal length, their claws as long as the calyx; stamens exserted: fr. echinate. May. Pa. to Ala. and Iowa. Var. Buckleyi, Sarg. (AE. glabra var. arguta, Rob. partly). Shrub: lfts. 6-7, obovate-lanceolate, unequally serrate, more acuminate, finely pubescent beneath. Has been confounded with the true AE.-arguta, Buckl.
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:''More information about this species can be found on the [[Aesculus|genus page]].''
 
:''More information about this species can be found on the [[Aesculus|genus page]].''

Latest revision as of 12:20, 1 August 2009


Aesculus glabra USDA.jpg


Plant Characteristics
Lifespan: perennial
Origin: Eastern North America
Poisonous: seeds slightly toxic
Cultivation
Exposure: full sun"full sun" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property.
Sunset Zones: 1-10, 12, 14-17, 32-43
Scientific Names

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Read about Ohio buckeye in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Aesculus glabra, Willd. (AE. ohioensis, Michx. Pavia glabra, Spach. P. pallida, Spach). OHIO BUCKEYE. Small tree, 15-30 ft.: lfts. 5, oval or cuneate-obovate; finely serrate, smooth: panicles 5-6 in. long; fls. greenish yellow; petals of nearly equal length, their claws as long as the calyx; stamens exserted: fr. echinate. May. Pa. to Ala. and Iowa. Var. Buckleyi, Sarg. (AE. glabra var. arguta, Rob. partly). Shrub: lfts. 6-7, obovate-lanceolate, unequally serrate, more acuminate, finely pubescent beneath. Has been confounded with the true AE.-arguta, Buckl.


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