Ohio BuckeyeAesculus Glabra Willd

Presented by Torie Ramlose

Classification Kingdom Subkingdom Superdivision Division Class Subclass Order Family Genus Species

Plantae (plants)Tracheobionta (vascular plants)Spermatophvta (seed plants)Magnoliophyta (flowering plants)Magnoliopsida (dicotyledons)RosidaeSapindalesHippocastanaceae (horse

chestnut family)Aesculus L. (buckeye)Aesculus glabra Willd (Ohio

buckeye)

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Shape, Form, & Type

Figure #1Text [2], Fig [1]

Height: 9-16 meters tallDiameter: 60-90 cm Limbs: grow oppositeMature: 60-80 years oldRounded Top

Bark

Figure #2

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It has slight, flakey ridges.It is light grey or light brown.It is scaly.

Twig

Figure #3

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The twigs each have their own leaf scar.When a twig is broken a fetid odor is released.Buds grow on them.

Leaf

Figure #4 Text [4], Fig [3]

The leaves are:

broad

flat

palmately compound

5 leaflets per petiole lighter green above

toothed once

Bud

Figure #5

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The bud has overlapping scales that flare on the edges.

Flower

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Figure #6

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.

Fruit

Figure #7

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The fruit contains one seed and emerges from a husk. The husk is spiny, but the spines are small.

Figure #8

Habitat and Range

The Ohio Buckeye can live in the sun, part shade, or shade.

The soil should be rich, moist, and well-drained.

Drought is a large problem the buckeye faces. Figure #9

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Uses

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.

In the past…

Today…It is used for pulp.

Figure #10

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Works CitedText

Figure1. [Tree] [photograph]. PlantFiles Pictures:Decumbent picture (Ohio Buckeye (Aesculus glabra)) In Dave’s Garden. Retrieved from http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fp.php?pid=28997282. [Parts][photographs]. Ohio Gov. Retrieved from http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/tabid/5343/Default.aspx3. Twig, Leaf, Flower, and Fruit. Aesculus glabra. Retrieved from

http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/species/aegl.htm4. [Casket][photograph]. Jewish Orthodoxed Caskets. Retrieved from http://www.texasjewishfuneralservices.com/caskets.html4. [Map][map] Plants Database. Retrieved from

http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AEGL

1. Plants Profile. (n.d.). Natural Resources Conservation Service [Ohio taxation].       Retrieved June 22, 2010, from http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AEGL

2. Ohio gov. Retrieved on June 24, 2010, from http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/tabid/5343/Default.aspx 3. Ohio State Tree. Retrieved June 24, 2010, from http://www.50states.com/tree/ohio.htm4. What’s Special about the Ohio Buckeye Tree? In Northwest Ohio Nature. Retrieved June 24, 2010, from http://www.ohio-nature.com/buckeye-tree.html5. Ohio Buckeye. In What Tree Is It? Retrieved June 24, 2010, from http://www.oplin.org/tree/fact%20pages/buckeye_ohio/buckeye_ohio.html6. Native Plant Database. Retrieved June 24, 2010,

from http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=AEGL