Scientific Name:	Aesculus flava
Pronunciation:	ESS-kew-lus FLAY-vuh
Common Name:	yellow buckeye
Family Name:	Sapindaceae
Plant Type:	Tree - deciduous
Key ID Features:	Leaves palmately compound, 5 elliptic to slightly oblong leaflets with serrated margins, up to 20 cm long; flowers in erect panicles to 15 cm long; fruit a round capsule with 1 or 2 "buckeyes" surrounded by a leathery light brown husk. Winter ID: large terminal flower buds (not sticky and lighter colour compared to horse chestnut).
Course(s):	HORT 2355

Habit: Upright Form: Round Texture: Medium - coarse Mature Size: Height: 15 - 22m Spread: 10 - 15m Growth Rate: Moderate Origin: Hardiness Rating: Zone 3: (-40 to -34 C) Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Humus rich Landscape Uses: Specimen plant, Spring interest, Street (boulevard tree), Summer interest Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Glossary Form: Compound Arrangement: Opposite Texture/ Venation: Heavily veined, Soft flexible Surfaces: Glabrous Compound Leaf: Digitate (palmate) Colour in Summer: Green, Dark-green Colour in Fall: Yellow, Orange Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Elliptic, Obovate Apices: Acuminate Bases: Attenuate Margins: Serrate

Inflorescence Type: Floriferous, Panicle Flower Morphology: Flowers perfect Number of Petals: 4 Corolla Shape: Tubular Ovary Position: Superior Colour (petals): Showy, Yellow Flower Scent: None Flower Time at Peak: Apr, May

Fruit Type: Capsule Fruit Colour: Green Fruiting Time: Sep, Oct Additional Info: Showy, nut-like but splits along carpel lines to release seed

Bark Morphology: Plated, Moderately fissured Bark or Stem Colour: Brown, Grey

Propagation:	Seed
Plant Care:
Maintenance:	Low maintenance plant
Pest Susceptibility:	Pest resistant, Disease resistant

Location(s): (TFL) Turf Field Lab (TFLE) Turf Field Lab East Location Map

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