Botanical Name: Aesculus glabra
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Common Name: Ohio Buckeye  
Plant photo of: Aesculus glabra
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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Tree

 

Height Range

25-40', 40-60'

 

Flower Color

Green, Yellow

 

Flower Season

Spring

 

Leaf Color

Green

 

Bark Color

Grey

 

Fruit Color

Brown

 

Fruit Season

Summer, Fall

Information by: Stephanie Duer
Photographer: Tony Bleach, Connon

  • Description

  • Notes

Ohio Buckeye is a deciduous tree native to the southeastern and Central US. It usually grows about 30 feet tall and nearly as wide, though it can grow to 60 or 70 feet under ideal circumstances. It has a broad, rounded crown and very dense branching habit. Leaves are dark green, palmately-compounded, deeply ridged, and bright to dark green. Panicles of greenish-yellow flowers form mid-May, followed by light-brown prickly pods (seeds are poisonous). Bark is ashy grey.