Aesculus pavia

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Aesculus pavia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Order: Sapindales
Family: Hippocastanaceae
Genus: Aesculus
Species: A. pavia
Binomial name
Aesculus pavia
Linnaeus
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Natural range of Aesculus pavia from USDA NRCS [1].

Common name: red buckeye

Taxonomic Notes

Synonyms: none

Varieties: Aesculus pavia var. flavescens (Sargent) Correll[1]

Description

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

A. pavia is found in pine flatwoods, shaded areas with rich humus in Magnolia-Quercus hammocks, wet sandy soil, mesic ecotone, mixed deciduous woodlands, wooded slopes of steepheads, evergreen oak scrubs, ridges, coastal hammocks, calcareous bluffs, lime sink areas, limestone woodlands, annually burned savannas.[2] A. pavia is also found around the sandy loam bases of kitchen middens, disturbed Pinus taeda woods, and floodplains.[2]


Conservation, cultivation, and restoration

Cultural use

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References and notes

  1. Weakley, A.S. 2020. Flora of the Southeastern United States. Edition of 20 October 2020. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: May 2023. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Wilson Baker, Kathy Craddock Burks, Andre F. Clewell, Gadsden, A. Gholson Jr., Wiliiam T. Gillis, Robert F. Godfrey, R. Komarek, Kent D. Perkins, Elmer C. Prichard, Annie Schmidt. States and counties: Florida: Alachua, Franklin, Gadsden, Grady, Gulf, Jackson, Jefferson, Levy, Liberty, Okaloosa, Volusia, Walton, Washington.