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Your search found 6 taxa in the family Hippocastanaceae, Buckeye family, as understood by PLANTS National Database.
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Common Name:
Painted Buckeye
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Aesculus sylvatica FAMILY: Sapindaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Aesculus sylvatica FAMILY: Hippocastanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aesculus sylvatica 116-01-001 FAMILY: Hippocastanaceae
Look for it in the Piedmont in mesic, nutrient-rich forests, on bottomlands, lower slopes, and in ravines, in the Coastal Plain primarily on floodplains of brownwater (alluvium-carrying) rivers (most notably the Roanoke River in NC), in the Mountains only at low elevations
Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare Mtns), primarily a SE. Piedmont endemic
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Red Buckeye
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Aesculus pavia var. pavia FAMILY: Sapindaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Aesculus pavia var. pavia FAMILY: Hippocastanaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aesculus pavia 116-01-002 FAMILY: Hippocastanaceae
Look for it in swamp forests, usually stagnant, usually blackwater (not receiving significant alluvium), and esp over marl (coquina limestone)
Common (uncommon in NC, rare in Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Yellow Buckeye
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Aesculus flava FAMILY: Sapindaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Aesculus flava FAMILY: Hippocastanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aesculus octandra 116-01-003 FAMILY: Hippocastanaceae
Look for it in moist forests, up to nearly 2000m, esp prominent in seepy cove forests, in the Piedmont only in "montane" habitats
Common (rare in Piedmont), a broad Southern Appalachian endemic
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Ohio Buckeye, Fetid Buckeye
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Aesculus glabra var. glabra FAMILY: Sapindaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Aesculus glabra var. glabra FAMILY: Hippocastanaceae
Look for it in mesic forests over limestone
Rare
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Bottlebrush Buckeye
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Aesculus parviflora FAMILY: Sapindaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Aesculus parviflora FAMILY: Hippocastanaceae
Look for it in mesic forests on bluffs and in ravines (the SC occurrence is on Fall Line river bluffs, with shaley, subcalcareous soils)
Rare
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Horsechestnut
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Aesculus hippocastanum FAMILY: Sapindaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Aesculus hippocastanum FAMILY: Hippocastanaceae
Look for it in urban and suburban areas; perhaps not definitely naturalized, but fairly often planted and escaping as seedlings
Rare in our area
Non-native: southeast Europe
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