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Aesculus glabra, commonly known as Ohio buckeye, [2] Texas buckeye, [3] fetid buckeye, [3] and horse chestnut [3] is a species of tree in the soapberry family (Sapindaceae) native to North America. Its natural range is primarily in the Midwestern and lower Great Plains regions of the United States, extending southeast into the geological Black ...
The twigs have a faintly rank odor, but much less so than the Ohio buckeye, A. glabra. The fruit is a smooth (spineless), round or oblong capsule 5–7 cm (2.0–2.8 in) in diameter, containing 1-3 nut -like seeds , 2.5–3.5 cm (0.98–1.38 in) in diameter, brown with a whitish basal scar.
Aesculus glabra Ohio buckeye Flower of Aesculus x carnea, the red horse chestnut Fruit of a Horse-chestnut still in a half cocoon of which the fragile sprout has already reached the soil. The genus Aesculus ( / ˈ ɛ s k j ʊ l ə s / [ 1 ] or / ˈ aɪ s k j ʊ l ə s / ), with species called buckeye and horse chestnut , comprises 13–19 ...
The Ohio Buckeye is native to the Midwest and the Great Plains. According to Ohio State University, two buckeye species are native to Ohio—the Ohio buckeye and the yellow buckeye. Are buckeyes ...
The Ohio buckeye, Aesculus glabra, was adopted as the state tree in 1953. Ohio State University took Buckeyes as its mascot in 1950. But why are the people of Ohio called buckeyes? Here's a look.
The seeds are poisonous [1] and are the largest known of any temperate (non-tropical) plant species. A. californica has adapted to its native Mediterranean climate by growing during the wet late winter and spring months and entering dormancy in the dry summer months, though those growing in coastal regions tend to hold on to their leaves until ...
Five cows in the United States have been infected and died from bird flu or slaughtered because they did not recover, Reuters reports. Bird flu, also known as avian influenza or H5N1 virus, refers ...
Aesculus: buckeyes and horse-chestnuts; Aesculus flava: yellow buckeye Hippocastanaceae (buckeye family) Aesculus glabra: Ohio buckeye; fetid buckeye Hippocastanaceae (buckeye family) Aesculus hippocastanum: horse-chestnut; common horse-chestnut Hippocastanaceae (buckeye family) Aesculus indica: Indian horse-chestnut Hippocastanaceae (buckeye ...