. Common trees of Ohio : a handy pocket manual of the common and introduced trees of Ohio. Trees -- Ohio. 84 Common Trees OHIO BUCKEYE Aesculus glabra, Willdenotv THIS is the tree that gave Ohio the distinctive name of "Buckeye ; It is also called American Horse Chestnut, Fetid Buckeye and Stinking Buckeye. The leaves are opposite, compound, with 5, rarely 7 leaf- lets. The leaflets are egg-shaped, 3 to 6 inches long. If crushed the leaves are ill-smelling. This is one of the first of our trees to put out leaves in spring. The flowers are small, yellowish or greenish, with 4 up
. Common trees of Ohio : a handy pocket manual of the common and introduced trees of Ohio. Trees -- Ohio. 84 Common Trees OHIO BUCKEYE Aesculus glabra, Willdenotv THIS is the tree that gave Ohio the distinctive name of "Buckeye ; It is also called American Horse Chestnut, Fetid Buckeye and Stinking Buckeye. The leaves are opposite, compound, with 5, rarely 7 leaf- lets. The leaflets are egg-shaped, 3 to 6 inches long. If crushed the leaves are ill-smelling. This is one of the first of our trees to put out leaves in spring. The flowers are small, yellowish or greenish, with 4 up- right petals. They are arranged in up- right clusters 5 to 6 inches high and 2 to 3 inches wide. The stamens project be- y o n d the corolla. This is one charac- teristic by which the Ohio Buckeye can be distinguished from the Sweet Buckeye. The fruit is a thick, round or pear- shaped prickly or warty capsule, about 1 inch in diameter, containing a large, smooth, shiny brown nut. It resembles ohio buckeye closely the fruit of the Common Horse Chestnut. The bark is grayish, breaks into scaly plates. The twigs are stout, ashy-gray to reddish-brown, ill-smelling if bruised. The buds are opposite, 2/3 of an inch long, sharp-pointed, cov- ered with reddish-brown resinous scales. The wood is soft, weak, whitish to pale yellow. It is used for paper pulp, woodenware, artificial limbs, and occasionally as lumber. The Ohio Buckeye ranges from western Pennsylvania, south to Alabama, west through Ohio to Illinois, Iowa and Oklahoma. It is generally distributed throughout Ohio, be- coming less common in the southeastern part. It is usually found in moist flood plains, and locally on dry hills. It is often planted for ornamental Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Illick, Joseph S. (Joseph Simon),
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