Texas Buckeye

Common Name: Texas Buckeye
Species Name: Aesculus glabra Willd. var arguta (Buckl.) Robins.
Family Name: Hippocastanaceae
Plant Type: Shrubs


Plant Facts
Origin	North America
Duration	Perennial
Distribution in Oklahoma	Eastern two-thirds of the state
Sun Preference	Moderately shade tolerant
Susceptibility	Many foliar diseases, defoliators and other insects

ID Characteristics

Field Identification Characteristics

Forms thickets, planted as ornamental
Leaf and Stem Characteristics
- Plant Height: 4-inch diameter, 15-foot height
- Leaves: Decidious Broadleaf
- Leaf Type: Palmately Compound
- Leaf Arrangement: Opposite
- Leaf Shape: 5 elliptic to obovate leaflets
- Stipules: Yes
Floral Characteristics
- Petals: Showy branched clusters
- Petal Number: 4
- Flower Color: Yellow
- Flower Timing: Spring
- Fruit Type: Round spiky brown capsules


Habitat/Ecology
Habitat	Closed canopy hardwood forests
Soil Type	Moist
USDA Cold Hardiness Zone	6 to 8
Successional Stage	Mid

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