Plant Details

Aesculus flava

Scientific Name:	Aesculus flava
Common Name:	Yellow Buckeye
Plant Family	Sapindaceae (Soapberry Family)
Native/Alien:	Native
Type:	Deciduous Tree
Bloom Color(s):	yellow often streaked with red
Size in Feet:	70 - 90 ft
Soil Moisture:	mesic^(*)
Bloom Time:	Late April - mid-June
Bloom Area:	Mountains, rare in Piedmont
Yellow Buckeye is common in the mountains in moist forests, especially on seepage slopes in coves. "One of the largest, most massive, and commonest trees in Southern Appalachian coves, recognizable in winter by the bark of large platelike slabs, thick twigs, and massive form." Weakley Flora May 2011 Paynter, May, 2012
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Aesculus flava tree, Craggy Gardens Picnic Area, Blue Ridge Parkway, NC © Will Stuart, 2011
Links:	USDA PLANTS Database Record Bird-Friendly Native Plants