Aesculus glabra
Ohio buckeye
Ohio buckeye was first found by early botanists on the bank of the Ohio River. A. glabra has a strong, offensive bark and leaf smell and is also named fetid or stinking buckeye. Interestingly, native Indians named the fruit "eye-of-a-buck" which translate to buckeye. This fruit is poisonous to humans but is an important squirrel food. The leaf is digitately compound or palmate.
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Ohio Buckeye Habitat and
Culture
(silvics courtesy of USFS)
From
Virginia Tech w/Photos
(Big List courtesy of VT Dendrology)
North American Timber Types
(courtesy About Forestry)
The Great American Hardwood Forest
(courtesy About Forestry)
Recent Ohio Buckeye Champion: 77' height, 64' spread, 140"
circumf., Greenwitch, Ohio
National Register
of Big Trees
Range Map
-The native range of Ohio buckeye, USFS.
