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Painted buckeye

Aesculus sylvatica

Photo by Maria dB
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

The species has five leaflets that are 4.5 to 6 inches long and 1.5 to 2.5 inches wide. The flowers are yellow and occasionally have red also. The species have dry fruit and brown, scaly bark. The species is commonly found in forests and along stream banks. The shrub is poisonous.

Habitat:

Mason Farm Biological Reserve

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