Yellow Buckeye
Scientific Name:Aesculus flava
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NOTES: Smooth husks, encasing 1-3 shiny, poisonous seeds. Yellow-green flowers. Prefers moist, well-drained, acidic soils. MADBUCK.   
MADBUCK: Maple, Ash, Dogwood, and Buckeye) acronym for Ohio's four native trees with opposite leaves/branching.

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Yellow Buckeye
Genus species: Aesculus flava
Common Name: Yellow Buckeye
Family Name: Sapindaceae  
    Alternate Family Name (Synonym): Hippocastanaceae  
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Native
Category:Tree
Flower Color:Yellow
CNC Habitat: Krippendorf Arboretum
Identified by:W. Bryant
Months in Bloom:  
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