Buckeye or Ohio Buckeye
Aesculus Glabra
Common name
Buckeye or Ohio Buckeye
Scientific name
Aesculus glabra
Family
Sapindaceae subfamily Hippocastanoideae
Ithan Valley Park GPS
coordinates
40 00.701N, 75 21.286W
40 00.662N, 75 21.298W
Native range
Midwestern and lower Great Plains regions of the United
States
Leaves
Opposite, palmately compound with five leaflets. Leaflets
are 3-6” long, elliptical-oblong to lance-oblong
Flower
Yellow to yellow-green, each flower 0.79–1.18” long with
the stamens longer than the petals
Bark
Light grey to silver, flakey, bare in some patches
Additional Information
Official state tree of Ohio