Other common names:
Fetid Buckeye French names:
Marronnier glabre Family: Soapberry Family (Sapindaceae), (Horsechestnut Family (Hippocastanaceae)) Distinctive features: Tree; Large, opposite, palmately compound leaves. Similar species: • Horsechestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) - has similar leaves. Flowers: White Leaves: Opposite/Whorled, Compound, Entire; Opposite, closely resemble Horsechestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) leaves. Palmately compound. Habitat: Fields and Open Areas Books: Trees in Canada: 157 Native/Non-native:
Native Status:
Rare in Ontario.
Notes:
Ohio Buckeye is only found in SW Ontario, usually where it has been planted. The photos here are of trees at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington, and the University of Guelph Arboretum, both in Ontario. The name comes from the distinctive nuts, which have a large light spot on one side.
Origin and Meaning of Names:
Scientific Name: glabra: smooth For more information visit: Ontario Trees and Shrubs Photographs:
90 photographs available, of which 19 are featured on this page. SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTOGRAPHS.
Range Map is at the bottom of the page
Ohio Buckeye is quite rare in Ontario. I've only ever seen it in an arboretum. This sign is at the University of Guelph Arboretum, in Guelph, Ontario.
A group of leaves. These compound leaves grow in opposite pairs.
Leaf close-up, upper side.
Underside of a leaf.
This photos gives you an idea of the size of the leaves.
Overall tree shape and form.
Flower buds in mid-May.
Flowers, in May.
Closer view of a flower.
The nuts. Note the prickles, which are not stiff.
Or the nuts can also be smooth.
This is an unripe nut - white inside.
Here's a view of the unripe nut cut open.
And you can have some fun with the nuts!
Wait! Which one is the nut?
Two pictures of the trunk and bark. The 2nd photo is of part of the trunk on a younger tree.
PLEASE NOTE: A coloured Province or State means this species occurs somewhere in that Province/State.
The entire Province/State is coloured, regardless of where in that Province/State it occurs.
(Range map provided courtesy of the USDA website
and is displayed here in accordance with their
Policies)
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