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Know Your Natives – Red Buckeye
Red buckeye (Aesculus pavia var. pavia*) of the recently expanded Soapberry (Sapindaceae) family–it now includes the maples from the former Aceraceae as well as the buckeyes and horse-chestnuts previously classified in the Hippocastanaceae–has large, showy red inflorescences in early spring. … Continue reading
Posted in Know Your Natives, Native Plants, Shrubs, Trees
Tagged Aesculus, Aesculus pavia, Know Your Natives, Red Buckeye
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Neat Plant Alert: Old Red Buckeye Across From Clinton School
What a welcome sight the red buckeye (Aesculus pavia) is in a spring season of so many colorless, wind-pollinated trees and shrubs. The common, cheerful plants grow nearly statewide, leafing out well before the spring starting gun is fired and … Continue reading
Posted in Native Plants, Plant Alert, Trees, Wildflowers
Tagged Aesculus, Aesculus pavia, Red Buckeye, Sapindaceae
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