Aesculus octandra
Yellow buckeye · also Sweet buckeye, Common buckeye, Big buckeye
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Aesculus octandra, also known as yellow buckeye, is a deciduous tree native to the Ohio Valley and Appalachian Mountains. It features a tall, dense canopy with cream-yellow flowers in spring to summer and attractive fall colors. While tolerant of urban environments and brief flooding, it can suffer leaf scorch in dry conditions, and its seeds are poisonous.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 2180.07%—3.0 in
- 940.03%4.1 yr2.0 in
- 40.01%—2.0 in
- 10.00%—19 in
- 10.00%—18 in
Traits
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 50–80 ft
- Canopy spread
- 30–50 ft
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Drought tolerance
- Moderate
- Wildlife value
- High
- Blooms
- Apr, May, Jun, Jul
Trunk diameters across every city: median 3.0 in, mean 6.0 in, 90th percentile 15 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests
Other Aesculus in the catalogue
15 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
