HIPPOCASTANACEAE 

 Yellow Buckeye 



Aesculus octandra Marsh. 



HABIT. A medium-sized tree 60-90 feet high and 2-3 feet 

 in diameter (max. 110 by 5 feet); broad, rounded crown. 



LEAVES. Five-foliate (rarely 7); 4-10 inches long; with 

 elliptical, glabrous, or tomentose serrate leaflets; dark yellow- 

 green above, paler below. 



FLOWERS. Whitish-yellow; glandular-hairy calyx and 

 pedicel; stamens inserted. 



FRUIT. Capsule pale brown; 2-3 inches long; usually smooth; 

 containing usually 2 red-brown seeds about 1-1 V^ inches long 

 and poisonous. 



TWIGS. Stout; hairy at first, becoming smooth and red- 

 brown to gray. Winter buds: terminal %-l inch long, glabrous, 

 pale brown, non-resinous. 



BARK. Gray to dark brown; % inch thick; with thin scales. 



SILVICAL CHARACTERS. Tolerant; moist sites; the 

 largest American species. 



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 Ohio Buckeye. Fetid Buckeye 



Aesculus glabra Willd. 



HABIT, A small to medium-sized tree 30-50 feet high and 

 1-2 feet in diameter (max. 90 by 3 feet); broad, rounded crown. 



LEAVES. Five-foliate (rarely 7); 3-6 inches long; with ovate 

 or oval, glabrous, finely serrate leaflets; yellow-green above 

 and paler below. 



FLOWERS. Yellow-green; hairy; small; stamens exserted. 



FRUIT. Capsule red-brown; 1-2 inches long; usually spiny; 

 containing a single brown seed about 1 inch long. 



TWIGS. Stout; hairy at first becoming smooth and red- 

 brown to ash-gray; with disagreeable odor when bruised. Winter 

 buds: terminal -7^ inch long, red-brown, resinous, with prom- 

 inently keeled scales. 



BARK. Ash-gray; thick; deeply fissured and plated; ill- 

 scented. 



SILVICAL CHARACTERS. Tolerant; moist sites; becom- 

 ing rare. 



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