Aesculus Glabra Willd Presented by Torie Ramlose

 Kingdom  Subkingdom  Superdivision  Division  Class  Subclass  Order  Family  Genus  Species Plantae (plants) Tracheobionta (vascular plants) Spermatophvta (seed plants) Magnoliophyta (flowering plants) Magnoliopsida (dicotyledons) Rosidae Sapindales Hippocastanaceae (horse chestnut family) Aesculus L. (buckeye) Aesculus glabra Willd (Ohio buckeye) Text [1]

Figure #1 Text [2], Fig [1]  Height: 9-16 meters tall  Diameter: cm  Limbs: grow opposite  Mature: years old  Rounded Top

Figure #2 Text [2], Fig [2] It has slight, flakey ridges. It is light grey or light brown. It is scaly.

Figure #3 Text [3], Fig [3]  The twigs each have their own leaf scar.  When a twig is broken a fetid odor is released.  Buds grow on them.

Figure #4 Text [4], Fig [3] The leaves are: broad flat palmately compound 5 leaflets per petiole lighter green above toothed once

Figure #5 Text [2], Fig [1] The bud has overlapping scales that flare on the edges.

Text [2], Fig [3] Figure #6 The flowers are small and are a pretty yellow-green. The stamen sits far out from the flower so that it is easier for bugs to pollinate the flowers.

Figure #7 Text [2&4], Fig [1]  The fruit contains one seed and emerges from a husk.  The husk is spiny, but the spines are small. Figure #8

 The Ohio Buckeye can live in the sun, part shade, or shade.  The soil should be rich, moist, and well- drained.  Drought is a large problem the buckeye faces. Figure #9 Text [5], Fig [5]

 It was used as a good luck charm to cure rheumatism when carried in one’s pocket.  It was also used to make furniture, crates, pallets, caskets, and artificial human limbs. In the past… Today…  It is used for pulp. Figure #10 Text [3], Fig[2]

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