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§1 Plant

Aesculus pavia L.

vernacular red buckeye — species · Hippocastanaceae


USDA
AEPA
GBIF
3189807
Rank
species
red buckeye (Aesculus pavia)
Platephotograph · Devin MoonCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§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

· 236 counties across 6 states/territories
Legend Native · 236 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§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 236 counties across 6 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 61 N
Arkansas view state ↗ 61 N
Florida view state ↗ 34 N
Georgia view state ↗ 62 N
Kentucky view state ↗ 16 N
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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