Ohio Buckeye

Aesculus glabra Willd. - Horse-chestnut family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 75.0 feet

Plant Type: Tree

Features

Flower Color: Yellow, Green, Brown

Conspicuous Flowers: Yes

Bloom Time: Early Spring, Mid Spring

Conditions

Shade Tolerance: Tolerant

Ecosystem Interactions

Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Larval Host (Moth); Hummingbirds

Larval Species depending on Ohio Buckeye: Amyelois transitella, Cameraria aesculisella, Hyphantria cunae, Lophocampa caryae, Orgyia leucostigma, Zeiraphera claypoleana

Native Range

USA: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia, Wisconsin
CAN: Ontario

Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.