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§1 Plant
Aesculus flava Aiton
vernacular yellow 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
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 173 counties across 9 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
- None
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -18 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 150 min.
- Precipitation
- 39–84 in/yr
- pH range
- 5–7
- Root depth
- 36 in min.
- Fertility need
- High
- Soil texture
- medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 65 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 30 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- 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
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 28
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Fuelwood
- Medium
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 173 counties across 9 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 74 N ▾
- Allen 21003
- Anderson 21005
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Boyd 21019
- Bracken 21023
- Breathitt 21025
- Breckinridge 21027
- Bullitt 21029
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Casey 21045
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Clinton 21053
- Crittenden 21055
- Cumberland 21057
- Daviess 21059
- Elliott 21063
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Gallatin 21077
- Garrard 21079
- Green 21087
- Greenup 21089
- Hancock 21091
- Harlan 21095
- Hart 21099
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Johnson 21115
- Kenton 21117
- Knott 21119
- Knox 21121
- Larue 21123
- Laurel 21125
- Lawrence 21127
- Lee 21129
- Leslie 21131
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Madison 21151
- Marion 21155
- Martin 21159
- Mason 21161
- McCreary 21147
- Menifee 21165
- Metcalfe 21169
- Monroe 21171
- Morgan 21175
- Oldham 21185
- Owsley 21189
- Pendleton 21191
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Robertson 21201
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Russell 21207
- Scott 21209
- Simpson 21213
- Spencer 21215
- Taylor 21217
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Trimble 21223
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
New Jersey view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Carroll 51035
- Craig 51045
- Dickenson 51051
- Floyd 51063
- Giles 51071
- Grayson 51077
- Halifax 51083
- Lee 51105
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Pulaski 51155
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Smyth 51173
- Tazewell 51185
- Washington 51191
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
West Virginia view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Berkeley 54003
- Braxton 54007
- Brooke 54009
- Cabell 54011
- Calhoun 54013
- Clay 54015
- Doddridge 54017
- Fayette 54019
- Gilmer 54021
- Greenbrier 54025
- Kanawha 54039
- Lewis 54041
- Marion 54049
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Nicholas 54067
- Pleasants 54073
- Pocahontas 54075
- Putnam 54079
- Raleigh 54081
- Ritchie 54085
- Roane 54087
- Summers 54089
- Taylor 54091
- Tucker 54093
- Tyler 54095
- Wayne 54099
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
- Wyoming 54109
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/AEFL ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3189824 ↗Record version
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