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  2. Aesculus californica - Wikipedia

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    Aesculus californica is a large deciduous shrub or small tree, up to 4–12 m (13–39 ft) tall, with gray bark often coated with lichens and mosses. It typically is multi-trunked, with a crown as broad as it is high. Trees are long lived, with an estimated lifespan between 250–280 (300 maximum) years. The leaves are dark green, palmately ...

  3. Aesculus glabra - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. Aesculus - Wikipedia

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    The genus Aesculus (/ ˈɛskjʊləs / [1] or / ˈaɪskjʊləs /), with species called buckeye and horse chestnut, comprises 13–19 species of flowering plants in the family Sapindaceae. They are trees and shrubs native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere, with six species native to North America and seven to 13 species native to Eurasia.

  5. L.A. contractors razed a native plant garden for kids. What ...

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    2:00 p.m. Aug. 9, 2024: This story has been updated to include additional information provided by a Los Angeles Fire Department spokesperson. For more than a decade, visitors say the Children's ...

  6. Bees and toxic chemicals - Wikipedia

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    The introduction of certain chemical substances—such as ethanol or pesticides or defensive toxic biochemicals produced by plants—to a bee's environment can cause the bee to display abnormal or unusual behavior and disorientation. In sufficient quantities, such chemicals can poison and even kill the bee. The effects of alcohol on bees have ...

  7. Junonia coenia - Wikipedia

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    Junonia coenia. Junonia coenia, known as the common buckeye or buckeye, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. Its range covers much of North America and some of Central America, including most of the eastern half of the US, the lower to middle Midwest, the Southwest (including most of California), southern Canada, and Mexico. Its habitat is ...

  8. 57 California native plants that survived the Ice Age to live ...

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    Bishop pine (Pinus muricata)*. Monterey pine (Pinus radiata)*. Pine (Pinus sp.)*. Torrey pine (Pinus torreyana)*. Blue elderberry (Sambucus mexicana) American dogwood (Cornus sericea)*. Eastwood ...

  9. List of largest seeds - Wikipedia

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    California buckeye Aesculus californica: Horse chestnut family (Hippocastanaceae) 2.88 in width, 2.63 in breadth and 2.13 in height. [29] 7.32 cm width, 6.68 cm breadth and 5.41 cm height 5 oz (140 grams) This is the largest of all temperate (non-tropical) seeds. Poisonous. Provision tree, Guiana chestnut Pachira aquatica: Kapok family