Index / Search / Aesculus glabra
§1 Plant
Aesculus glabra Willd.
vernacular Ohio buckeye — species · Hippocastanaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Hippocastanaceae A. Rich.
- Genus
- Aesculus
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 621 counties across 24 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -33 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 145 min.
- Precipitation
- 30–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 5–7.1
- Root depth
- 36 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 68 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 25 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- Severe
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 58
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- Yes
- Fuelwood
- Medium
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 621 counties across 24 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Carroll 05015
- Clay 05021
- Conway 05029
- Crawford 05033
- Crittenden 05035
- Franklin 05047
- Fulton 05049
- Hempstead 05057
- Howard 05061
- Johnson 05071
- Lawrence 05075
- Little River 05081
- Logan 05083
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Miller 05091
- Montgomery 05097
- Newton 05101
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Scott 05127
- Searcy 05129
- Sebastian 05131
- Sevier 05133
- Stone 05137
- Van Buren 05141
- Washington 05143
- Yell 05149
Georgia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 65 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Bond 17005
- Brown 17009
- Bureau 17011
- Calhoun 17013
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- De Witt 17039
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Fayette 17051
- Fulton 17057
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jersey 17083
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- McDonough 17109
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Monroe 17133
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Putnam 17155
- Randolph 17157
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- Will 17197
Indiana view state ↗ 64 N ▾
- Adams 18001
- Allen 18003
- Bartholomew 18005
- Boone 18011
- Brown 18013
- Carroll 18015
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Clay 18021
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Dearborn 18029
- Decatur 18031
- DeKalb 18033
- Delaware 18035
- Elkhart 18039
- Fayette 18041
- Floyd 18043
- Fountain 18045
- Franklin 18047
- Gibson 18051
- Grant 18053
- Greene 18055
- Hamilton 18057
- Hancock 18059
- Harrison 18061
- Hendricks 18063
- Henry 18065
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jackson 18071
- Jay 18075
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Johnson 18081
- Lawrence 18093
- Madison 18095
- Marion 18097
- Miami 18103
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Owen 18119
- Parke 18121
- Pulaski 18131
- Putnam 18133
- Randolph 18135
- Ripley 18137
- Rush 18139
- Shelby 18145
- Spencer 18147
- Steuben 18151
- Switzerland 18155
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Vermillion 18165
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- Warrick 18173
- Wayne 18177
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
- Whitley 18183
Iowa view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Clay 20027
- Coffey 20031
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Dickinson 20041
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Elk 20049
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Greenwood 20073
- Harvey 20079
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Johnson 20091
- Labette 20099
- Leavenworth 20103
- Linn 20107
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- Miami 20121
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Osage 20139
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Republic 20157
- Riley 20161
- Saline 20169
- Shawnee 20177
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Washington 20201
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 79 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Allen 21003
- Ballard 21007
- Barren 21009
- Bath 21011
- Boone 21015
- Bourbon 21017
- Boyle 21021
- Bracken 21023
- Breckinridge 21027
- Bullitt 21029
- Caldwell 21033
- Campbell 21037
- Carlisle 21039
- Carroll 21041
- Casey 21045
- Christian 21047
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Clinton 21053
- Crittenden 21055
- Cumberland 21057
- Daviess 21059
- Edmonson 21061
- Elliott 21063
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Gallatin 21077
- Garrard 21079
- Grant 21081
- Grayson 21085
- Green 21087
- Greenup 21089
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Henderson 21101
- Henry 21103
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Kenton 21117
- Larue 21123
- Laurel 21125
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Logan 21141
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Mason 21161
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Mercer 21167
- Metcalfe 21169
- Monroe 21171
- Montgomery 21173
- Nelson 21179
- Nicholas 21181
- Oldham 21185
- Owen 21187
- Pendleton 21191
- Powell 21197
- Robertson 21201
- Rockcastle 21203
- Russell 21207
- Scott 21209
- Shelby 21211
- Simpson 21213
- Spencer 21215
- Taylor 21217
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Trimble 21223
- Warren 21227
- Washington 21229
- Wayne 21231
- Woodford 21239
Michigan view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 97 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Andrew 29003
- Audrain 29007
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Buchanan 29021
- Caldwell 29025
- Callaway 29027
- Camden 29029
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Cass 29037
- Chariton 29041
- Christian 29043
- Clark 29045
- Clay 29047
- Clinton 29049
- Cole 29051
- Cooper 29053
- Crawford 29055
- Dade 29057
- Dallas 29059
- Daviess 29061
- DeKalb 29063
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Gentry 29075
- Greene 29077
- Grundy 29079
- Harrison 29081
- Henry 29083
- Hickory 29085
- Howard 29089
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Johnson 29101
- Knox 29103
- Laclede 29105
- Lafayette 29107
- Lawrence 29109
- Lewis 29111
- Lincoln 29113
- Linn 29115
- Livingston 29117
- Macon 29121
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Mercer 29129
- Miller 29131
- Moniteau 29135
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Morgan 29141
- Oregon 29149
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Perry 29157
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Platte 29165
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Putnam 29171
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Ray 29177
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Saline 29195
- Schuyler 29197
- Scotland 29199
- Shannon 29203
- Shelby 29205
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stone 29209
- Sullivan 29211
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Vernon 29217
- Warren 29219
- Washington 29221
- Webster 29225
- Wright 29229
Nebraska view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 80 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Allen 39003
- Ashland 39005
- Athens 39009
- Auglaize 39011
- Belmont 39013
- Brown 39015
- Butler 39017
- Carroll 39019
- Champaign 39021
- Clark 39023
- Clermont 39025
- Clinton 39027
- Columbiana 39029
- Coshocton 39031
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Darke 39037
- Defiance 39039
- Delaware 39041
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Fayette 39047
- Franklin 39049
- Fulton 39051
- Greene 39057
- Guernsey 39059
- Hamilton 39061
- Hancock 39063
- Hardin 39065
- Harrison 39067
- Henry 39069
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Holmes 39075
- Huron 39077
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Licking 39089
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Madison 39097
- Mahoning 39099
- Marion 39101
- Medina 39103
- Mercer 39107
- Miami 39109
- Monroe 39111
- Montgomery 39113
- Morgan 39115
- Morrow 39117
- Muskingum 39119
- Ottawa 39123
- Paulding 39125
- Perry 39127
- Pickaway 39129
- Pike 39131
- Portage 39133
- Preble 39135
- Putnam 39137
- Richland 39139
- Ross 39141
- Sandusky 39143
- Scioto 39145
- Seneca 39147
- Shelby 39149
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Union 39159
- Van Wert 39161
- Vinton 39163
- Warren 39165
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
- Williams 39171
- Wood 39173
- Wyandot 39175
Oklahoma view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Bedford 47003
- Blount 47009
- Davidson 47037
- Decatur 47039
- Dickson 47043
- Franklin 47051
- Hamblen 47063
- Hawkins 47073
- Hickman 47081
- Houston 47083
- Humphreys 47085
- Jefferson 47089
- Knox 47093
- Lawrence 47099
- Lewis 47101
- Lincoln 47103
- Loudon 47105
- Madison 47113
- Maury 47119
- Montgomery 47125
- Moore 47127
- Perry 47135
- Roane 47145
- Robertson 47147
- Rutherford 47149
- Smith 47159
- Stewart 47161
- Sullivan 47163
- Sumner 47165
- Trousdale 47169
- Wayne 47181
- Williamson 47187
- Wilson 47189
Texas view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 9 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/AEGL ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3189806 ↗Record version
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