Synonymy:
Aesculus octandra Marsh.
Aesculus octandra var. vestita Sarg.
Aesculus octandra var. virginica Sarg.
Common Name
Yellow Buckeye, Sweet Buckeye, Big Buckeye
Aesculus flava. bark | Aesculus flava. leaves | Aesculus flava. fruit |
Higher Taxa
Aesculus flava |
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AREA | STATUS | REFERENCES |
North America:
Continental United States; Canada |
Yes | Duncan & Duncan, 1988 |
Eastern North America:
United States east of Mississippi; Ontario and eastern Canada |
Yes | Duncan &Duncan, 1988 |
Southeastern United States:
AL AR DE DC FL GA KY MD NC SC TN VA WV |
Yes | Duncan & Duncan, 1988 |
Southern Appalachian States:
AL GA KY MD NC SC TN VA WV |
Yes | Duncan &Duncan, 1988 |
Coastal Plain | No | Little, 1995;
Jones & Coile, 1988 |
Piedmont | Widespread | Little, 1995
Jones & Coile, 1988 |
Blue Ridge Mountains | Widespread | |
Great Smoky Mountains National Park | Yes | Little, 1995 |
Ridge and Valley | Yes | Jones & Coile, 1988 |
Cumberland Plateau | Yes | Jones & Coile, 1988 |
Central Arch | ? | - |
Georgia | Yes | Jones & Coile, 1988 |
Clarke County, Georgia | No | Jones & Coile, 1968 |
Sams Farm | No | Carrie Laird, Pers. Ob. |
Old Field | No | Carrie Laird, Pers. Ob. |
Wetland | No | Carrie Laird, Pers. Ob |
Woods | No | Carrie Laird, Pers.Ob. |
1-Hectare Plot | No | Carrie LAird, Pers. Ob. |
How to Encounter:
This particular species is not found in the Clark
County Region, but can be found in the North Georgia Mountains
and throughout Tennessee prevelently to 1900 m elevations.
References:
1. Brown, Claude L. & Katherine L. Kirkman. 1990. Trees of Georgia
and Adjacent States. Timberland Press
Portland, Oregon. ISBN 0-88192-748-3.
2. Duncan, Wilbur H. & Marion B. Duncan. 1988.
Trees of the Southeast United States. University of Georgia
Press. Athens, Ga. ISBN
0-8203-0954-0
3. Duncan, Wilbur H. & John T Kartesz. 1988. Vascular Flora of Georgia and Annotated Checklist.
4. Jones, S.B. & N.C. Coile. 1988. Distribution of the Vascular
Flora of Georgia. Dept. of Botany, University
of Georgia. Athens, GA.
5. Little, Elbert L. 1995. National Audubon Society
Field Guide to North American Trees. Knopf Press. New York
N.Y. ISBN 0-394-50760-6.
6. Radford, A.E., H.E. Ahles & C.R. Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular
Flora of the Carolinas. University of
North Carolina Press. Chapel
Hill, NC. pp 284-285
7. Stafleu, F.A. & R.S. Cowan. 1981. Taxonomic Literature. v3. International
Association for Plant Taxonomy.
Boston, MA.