Index / Search / Aesculus pavia
§1 Plant
Aesculus pavia L.
vernacular red buckeye — species · Hippocastanaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Hippocastanaceae A. Rich.
- Genus
- Aesculus
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 464 counties across 16 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -20 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 180 min.
- Precipitation
- 36–65 in/yr
- pH range
- 3.7–7
- Root depth
- 20 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 25 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 12 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Yellow-Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Red
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- Severe
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 48
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Fuelwood
- Medium
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 464 counties across 16 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 61 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Baldwin 01003
- Barbour 01005
- Bibb 01007
- Blount 01009
- Bullock 01011
- Butler 01013
- Calhoun 01015
- Chambers 01017
- Cherokee 01019
- Chilton 01021
- Choctaw 01023
- Clarke 01025
- Clay 01027
- Cleburne 01029
- Colbert 01033
- Conecuh 01035
- Coosa 01037
- Covington 01039
- Crenshaw 01041
- Cullman 01043
- Dale 01045
- Dallas 01047
- DeKalb 01049
- Elmore 01051
- Escambia 01053
- Etowah 01055
- Fayette 01057
- Franklin 01059
- Geneva 01061
- Greene 01063
- Hale 01065
- Henry 01067
- Houston 01069
- Jackson 01071
- Jefferson 01073
- Lamar 01075
- Lawrence 01079
- Lee 01081
- Limestone 01083
- Lowndes 01085
- Madison 01089
- Marengo 01091
- Marion 01093
- Marshall 01095
- Mobile 01097
- Monroe 01099
- Montgomery 01101
- Morgan 01103
- Perry 01105
- Pickens 01107
- Pike 01109
- Randolph 01111
- Russell 01113
- Shelby 01117
- Sumter 01119
- Talladega 01121
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Walker 01127
- Wilcox 01131
- Winston 01133
Arkansas view state ↗ 61 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Chicot 05017
- Clark 05019
- Clay 05021
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Cross 05037
- Dallas 05039
- Desha 05041
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Fulton 05049
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Greene 05055
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Jackson 05067
- Jefferson 05069
- Lafayette 05073
- Lawrence 05075
- Lee 05077
- Lincoln 05079
- Little River 05081
- Logan 05083
- Lonoke 05085
- Madison 05087
- Miller 05091
- Monroe 05095
- Montgomery 05097
- Nevada 05099
- Ouachita 05103
- Perry 05105
- Phillips 05107
- Pike 05109
- Poinsett 05111
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Saline 05125
- Sevier 05133
- Sharp 05135
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Van Buren 05141
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
- Woodruff 05147
- Yell 05149
Florida view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Bay 12005
- Bradford 12007
- Clay 12019
- Columbia 12023
- Dixie 12029
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Gulf 12045
- Hamilton 12047
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Marion 12083
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Orange 12095
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Seminole 12117
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 62 N ▾
- Appling 13001
- Baldwin 13009
- Bibb 13021
- Brantley 13025
- Bryan 13029
- Bulloch 13031
- Burke 13033
- Calhoun 13037
- Camden 13039
- Carroll 13045
- Charlton 13049
- Chattooga 13055
- Cherokee 13057
- Coffee 13069
- Colquitt 13071
- Columbia 13073
- Coweta 13077
- Crawford 13079
- Crisp 13081
- Decatur 13087
- DeKalb 13089
- Dougherty 13095
- Echols 13101
- Effingham 13103
- Glynn 13127
- Grady 13131
- Hancock 13141
- Haralson 13143
- Harris 13145
- Henry 13151
- Houston 13153
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jeff Davis 13161
- Jefferson 13163
- Jenkins 13165
- Johnson 13167
- Laurens 13175
- Lee 13177
- Liberty 13179
- Long 13183
- Lowndes 13185
- Macon 13193
- McIntosh 13191
- Mitchell 13205
- Murray 13213
- Muscogee 13215
- Randolph 13243
- Schley 13249
- Screven 13251
- Spalding 13255
- Sumter 13261
- Tattnall 13267
- Taylor 13269
- Telfair 13271
- Thomas 13275
- Toombs 13279
- Twiggs 13289
- Washington 13303
- Wayne 13305
- Wheeler 13309
- Wilcox 13315
Illinois view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Adams 28001
- Amite 28005
- Benton 28009
- Calhoun 28013
- Carroll 28015
- Choctaw 28019
- Clarke 28023
- Copiah 28029
- DeSoto 28033
- Forrest 28035
- Franklin 28037
- George 28039
- Harrison 28047
- Hinds 28049
- Jackson 28059
- Jasper 28061
- Jefferson 28063
- Jefferson Davis 28065
- Jones 28067
- Kemper 28069
- Lafayette 28071
- Lamar 28073
- Lauderdale 28075
- Leake 28079
- Lee 28081
- Madison 28089
- Marion 28091
- Marshall 28093
- Montgomery 28097
- Newton 28101
- Noxubee 28103
- Pearl River 28109
- Perry 28111
- Rankin 28121
- Scott 28123
- Simpson 28127
- Smith 28129
- Tippah 28139
- Union 28145
- Washington 28151
- Wayne 28153
- Webster 28155
- Wilkinson 28157
- Winston 28159
Missouri view state ↗ 15 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Dorchester 45035
- Florence 45041
- Georgetown 45043
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lexington 45063
- Marion 45067
- Orangeburg 45075
- Richland 45079
- Sumter 45085
- Williamsburg 45089
Tennessee view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Benton 47005
- Blount 47009
- Carroll 47017
- Chester 47023
- Decatur 47039
- Fayette 47047
- Gibson 47053
- Giles 47055
- Grundy 47061
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardeman 47069
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Henderson 47077
- Hickman 47081
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lincoln 47103
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- McNairy 47109
- Montgomery 47125
- Moore 47127
- Obion 47131
- Polk 47139
- Roane 47145
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Tipton 47167
- Weakley 47183
Texas view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Angelina 48005
- Austin 48015
- Bandera 48019
- Bastrop 48021
- Bexar 48029
- Bowie 48037
- Burleson 48051
- Cass 48067
- Cherokee 48073
- Colorado 48089
- Comal 48091
- DeWitt 48123
- Fayette 48149
- Fort Bend 48157
- Gonzales 48177
- Gregg 48183
- Grimes 48185
- Hardin 48199
- Harrison 48203
- Hays 48209
- Henderson 48213
- Houston 48225
- Kendall 48259
- Kerr 48265
- Marion 48315
- Matagorda 48321
- Medina 48325
- Morris 48343
- Nacogdoches 48347
- Newton 48351
- Polk 48373
- Real 48385
- Rusk 48401
- Sabine 48403
- San Augustine 48405
- Shelby 48419
- Titus 48449
- Travis 48453
- Upshur 48459
- Uvalde 48463
- Victoria 48469
- Washington 48477
- Wichita 48485
- Williamson 48491
West Virginia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/AEPA ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3189807 ↗Record version
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