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NC Native Plant Society:
Plant Details

Aesculus sylvatica

Painted Buckeye

Scientific Name:

Aesculus sylvatica

Genus:

Aesculus

Species Epithet:

sylvatica

Common Name:

Painted Buckeye

Plant Type

Tree/Shrub

Life Cycle

Perennial

Plant Family

Hippocastanaceae (Horse-Chestnut Family)

Native/Alien:

NC Native

Size:

6-12 ft., 12-36 ft.

Bloom Color(s):

Yellow

Light:

Part Shade - 2 to 6 hours of sun per day

Soil Moisture:

Moist

Bloom Time:

April, May

Growing Area:

Mountains, Piedmont, Sandhills, Coastal Plain

Habitat Description:

In the Piedmont in mesic, nutrient-rich forests, on bottomlands, lower slopes, and in ravines, in the Coastal Plain primarily on floodplains of brownwater (alluvium-carrying) rivers (most notably the Roanoke River in NC), in the Mountains only at low elevations.

Leaf Arrangement:

Opposite

Leaf Retention:

Deciduous

Leaf Type:

Leaves veined, not needle-like or scale-like

Leaf Form:

Compound

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Wildlife Value:

Important for Wildlife

Landscape Value:

Recommended and Available

State Rank:

S5: Secure (*Key)

Global Rank:

G5 - Secure (*Key)

Notes:

Nectar for hummingbirds and bees. Squirrels eat the nuts.

Blooms

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Martha Baskin

Bloom

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Martha Baskin

Leaves

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Martha Baskin

Terminal bud scales

They will eventually fall off

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Spring Leaves

They will turn green

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Herb Amyx

Flower buds ready to open in mid-March

Willie Duke's Bluff, Durham County, NC

The Scientific Name is Aesculus sylvatica. You will likely hear them called Painted Buckeye. This picture shows the Flower buds ready to open in mid-March of Aesculus sylvatica

Bettina Darveaux

A remnant red terminal bud scale still present amidst the fresh green new vegetation.

Willie Duke's Bluff, Durham County, NC

The Scientific Name is Aesculus sylvatica. You will likely hear them called Painted Buckeye. This picture shows the A remnant red terminal bud scale still present amidst the fresh green new vegetation. of Aesculus sylvatica

Bettina Darveaux

Links:

USDA PLANTS Database Record

Duke Trees

 



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