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Aesculus Glabra Willd
Presented by Torie Ramlose
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Kingdom
Subkingdom
Superdivision
Division
Class
Subclass
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Plantae (plants)
Tracheobionta (vascular plants)
Spermatophvta (seed plants)
Magnoliophyta (flowering plants)
Magnoliopsida (dicotyledons)
Rosidae
Sapindales
Hippocastanaceae (horse chestnut
family)
Aesculus L. (buckeye)
Aesculus glabra Willd (Ohio buckeye)
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Height: 9-16 meters tall
Diameter: 60-90 cm
Limbs: grow opposite
Mature: 60-80 years old
Rounded Top
Figure #1
Text [2], Fig [1]
It has slight,
flakey ridges.
It is light grey or
light brown.
It is scaly.
Figure #2
Text [2], Fig [2]
The twigs each have
their own leaf scar.
When a twig is
broken a fetid odor is
released.
Buds grow on them.
Figure #3
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The leaves are:
palmately compound
lighter green above
5 leaflets per petiole
flat
broad
toothed once
Figure #4
Text [4], Fig [3]
The bud has
overlapping scales
that flare on the
edges.
Figure #5
Text [2], Fig [1]
The flowers are small
and are a pretty
yellow-green. The
stamen sits far out
from the flower so that
it is easier for bugs to
pollinate the flowers.
Figure #6
Text [2], Fig [3]
The fruit
contains one seed
and emerges
from a husk.
The husk is
spiny, but the
spines are small.
Figure #7
Figure #8
Text [2&4], Fig [1]
The Ohio Buckeye can
live in the sun, part
shade, or shade.
 The soil should be rich,
moist, and welldrained.
 Drought is a large
problem the buckeye
faces.
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Figure #9
Text [5], Fig [5]
In the past…
It was used as a good
luck charm to cure
rheumatism when
carried in one’s pocket.
 It was also used to
make furniture, crates,
pallets, caskets, and
artificial human limbs.
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Today…
It is used for pulp.
Figure #10
Text [3], Fig[2]
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Plants Profile. (n.d.). Natural Resources Conservation Service [Ohio taxation].
Retrieved June 22, 2010, from http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AEGL
Ohio gov. Retrieved on June 24, 2010, from
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Ohio State Tree. Retrieved June 24, 2010, from http://www.50states.com/tree/ohio.htm
What’s Special about the Ohio Buckeye Tree? In Northwest Ohio Nature. Retrieved June
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Ohio Buckeye. In What Tree Is It? Retrieved June 24, 2010, from
http://www.oplin.org/tree/fact%20pages/buckeye_ohio/buckeye_ohio.html
Native Plant Database. Retrieved June 24, 2010, from http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=AEGL
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[Tree] [photograph]. PlantFiles Pictures:Decumbent picture (Ohio Buckeye (Aesculus
glabra)) In Dave’s Garden. Retrieved from
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fp.php?pid=2899728
[Parts][photographs]. Ohio Gov. Retrieved from
http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/tabid/5343/Default.aspx
Twig, Leaf, Flower, and Fruit. Aesculus glabra. Retrieved from
http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/species/aegl.htm
[Casket][photograph]. Jewish Orthodoxed Caskets. Retrieved from
http://www.texasjewishfuneralservices.com/caskets.html
[Map][map] Plants Database. Retrieved from http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AEGL