Taxon

Aesculus glabra (Klein Weeping Form)

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Common name: Ohio buckeye (Klein Weeping Form)
Family: Hippocastanaceae (horse-chestnut family)
Distribution: Species native to c. and e. United States
Hardiness: USDA Zone 4
Life form: Deciduous tree
Comments: This species is a deciduous native tree, growing to 30' tall and nearly as wide. This selection, from a home landscape in Jeffersonville, Indiana, has a strongly weeping habit. The original tree measures 25' tall and 20' wide. It has medium to dark green, lustrous foliage. Flowers open in mid-May as upright, greenish yellow clusters. Autumn foliage is usually yellow but occasionally orange-red. Appropriate for naturalized plantings.

Locations

  • 1: BCA: BO31 (BO31) • Accession: D1996-0966.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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