Medium tree to 55 feet tall;
trunk diameter up to 15 inches; crown broadly rounded.
Gray to pale gray, deeply furrowed and roughened when mature.
Stout, pale brown, smooth; leaf scars opposite, triangular, with 3 groups
of bundle traces.
Buds:
Ovoid, pointed,
reddish‑brown to yellowish, up to 2/3 inch long, not hairy, not sticky.
Opposite, palmately
compound, with 5 or 7 leaflets; leaflets obovate to oblanceolate,
long‑pointed at the tip, tapering to the base, up to 6 inches long, less
than half as wide, toothed along the edges, green and smooth on the upper
surface, green or much whitened on the lower surface.
Numerous,
yellow‑green, in large clusters sometimes nearly I foot long, appearing in
April and May, the petals of each flower of different lengths.
Prickly, spherical or nearly
so, up to 1% inch in diameter, pale brown, containing I large, smooth and shiny
seed.
Habitat:
Usually rich
woods.
Distinguishing Features:
The Ohio Buckeye differs
from the Horse Chestnut by its non‑sticky buds. It differs from the Red
Buckeye by the greenish‑yellow flowers and prickly fruits,
Height:
DBH:
Canopy:
Soil pH near study tree:
Tree species facts from Robert Mohlenbrock , Forest Trees of Illinois , 1996