Aesculus glabra Willdenow var. glabra . Common name: Ohio Buckeye, Chalky Buckeye, Stinking Buckeye. Phenology: Apr-May. Habitat: Mesic upland and riparian forests, bluffs, ravines, stream banks; usually over calcareous substrates. Distribution: Largely midwestern, but ranges east to sw. PA, e. TN, and c. GA (Douglas and Gwinnett counties); it is also sometimes introduced eastward of its native distribution. It occurs in TN counties adjacent to VA. Reported as likely planted and weakly naturalizing in Shenandoah County, VA (Domangue & McMullen 2013).
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, FNA13, G, K4, Mo3, NY, Du, Harris, & Xiang (2020), Hardin (1957a), Hardin (1957b); = Aesculus glabra Willd. — S13, Tx; = n/a — RAB; < Aesculus glabra Willd. — Mi, NE, Pa, S, Tn, WV; > Aesculus glabra Willd. var. glabra — F, Il; > Aesculus glabra Willd. var. leucodermis Sarg. — F, Il; > Aesculus glabra Willd. var. sargentii Rehder — F
Links to other floras: = Aesculus glabra var. glabra - FNA13
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (name change)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (name change)
- Great Plains: FAC (name change)
- Midwest: FAC (name change)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FAC (name change)
Heliophily ⓘ: 4
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