ohio buckeye aesculus g labra
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Ohio Buckeye Aesculus g labra. Bella Carracino World Of Plants Fall 2013 . Ohio Buckeyes. Ohio Buckeyes are dicot angiosperms The common name for the Ohio buckeye family is Soapberry. Habitat. Native to the Mid-west and Great Plain states - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Ohio Buckeye Aesculus glabra
Bella Carracino World Of Plants
Fall 2013
Ohio BuckeyesOhio Buckeyes are dicot angiospermsThe common name for the Ohio buckeye family is
Soapberry
Habitat•Native to the Mid-west and Great Plain states •Ohio Buckeyes grow up to 60 feet and inhabit a temperate deciduous forest•They can be found in deciduous woodlands, wooded valleys along rivers, and rocky wooded slopes in shaded areas•Prefer partially sunny to partially shaded conditions•They should be planted in partially shaded to fully shaded for best foliage in mid to late summer •Ohio Buckeyes normally bloom between March, April, and May
•Ohio Buckeye trees can live in temperatures as low as -35 degrees
Uses for Ohio Buckeye The wood of an Ohio Buckeye tree is used for furniture, boxes,
flooring, and musical instruments
Leaves of Ohio Buckeye Trees
Broad-leaved, palmately compound leaves, opposite (two leaves per node).
The average length of a leaf is 3.65 inches and the average width is 1.5 inches.
Terminal Bud
Terminal Bud Scale Scars
Lenticels
Leaf Scars
Bundle Scars
Bark of Ohio Buckeye Trees
•The bark of Ohio Buckeyes trees make separate cork cambia, one in each ray.•The bark sheds in strips
End-Grain Photo of Wood
Beginning of growth year
End of growth year
The Ohio Buckeye wood is diffuse porous because it has small pores that are in no specific arrangement
Roots Produces taproots and lateral roots Does not have surface roots Arbuscular Mycorrhizae (AM) AM fungi produce organs of nutrient transfer within root cells AM fungi produce storage organs between root cells Moist, well-drained soils of variable pH that are rich and deep Grow best in partially sunny to partially shaded conditions Grows best in a 10-10-10 NPK fertilizer
Petal
Anther
Filament
Flowers of Ohio Buckeye The flowers of the Ohio Buckeye are inflorescence
in an arrangement called a panicle They are pollinated by “Ruby-Throated
Hummingbird and various long-tongued bees, including bumblebees, Digger bees, Mason bees, and Anthophorine bees”
The pollinators are mainly rewarded with nectar but some bees collect pollen
Fruit and SeedsSeeds are dispersed from September to Late OctoberThey are dispersed by gravity, animals activity and
sometimes waterThey have high moisture and should be kept moist to
avoid loss of viability
The NameThe name Buckeye came from the Native
Americans “The chestnut-brown seed with lighter circular
‘eye’ looked similar to the eye of a buck (male) dear”
http://www.ohio-nature.com/buckeye-tree.html
Folklore The seed of an Ohio
Buckeye is considered to be a good luck charm
It is also said that if you carry it around in your pocket it will relieve arthritis
Native Americans and Early Travelers Use for the Ohio Buckeye
Native Americans used the Buckeye nut as a nutritious meal
They would roast, peel, and mash the nut.
Early travelers believed that it helped with spinal treatments
The Ohio Buckeye is also referred as the the stinking or fetid buckeye because the leaves and twigs give off a skunk-like smell when crushed
Interesting Facts About Ohio Buckeye Trees
The seeds and bark are slightly poisonous and bitter tasting but these characteristics can be eliminated by heating and leaching
In the past, the wood from the Ohio Buckeye tree was found to be ideal for prosthetic limbs due to its light weight and low chance of splintering.
Strips of wood used to be woven into a variety of hats and baskets.
The Ohio Buckeye is one of the first trees to leaf out in the spring and drop its leaves early in the fall.
The fall leaf coloration is orange to red