Ohio Buckeye

Ohio Buckeye (Aesculus glabra) is a species of Aesculus native to eastern North America, from Pennsylvania, west through Ohio after which it is named, to southeast Nebraska, and south to northeast Texas and northern Georgia. It is a medium-sized deciduous tree growing to 15-25 m tall.

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Aesculus - North America - Pennsylvania - Ohio - Nebraska - Texas - Georgia - Deciduous - Tree

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The leaves are palmately compound with five (rarely seven) leaflets, 8-16 cm long and broad. The flowers are produced in panicles in spring, yellow to yellow-green, each flower 2-3 cm long with the stamens longer than the petals (unlike the related Yellow Buckeye, where the stamens are shorter than the petals). The fruit is a round or oblong spiny capsule 4-5 cm diameter, containing 1-2 nut-like seeds, 2-3 cm diameter, brown with a whitish basal scar.

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Leaves - Flower - Panicle - Yellow Buckeye - Fruit - Nut - Seed

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