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Also called American buckeye and fetid buckeye.
Part of 🌰︎ buckeye / 🐎︎ 🌰︎ horse chestnut genus Aesculus in soapberry family Sapindaceae in cashew / 🌰︎ chestnut / 🍊︎ citrus / 🍁︎ maple order Sapindales.
Native to 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 North America's Midwest, Ohio Valley and 🏔 Appalachia. 🗺 Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48), 🗺 map (North America, Central America), 🗺 today + with climate change (eastern 🇺🇸 USA). Invasive > Oregon
🏛🌳︎ State tree of Ohio.
Uses by native peoples(Ethnobotany database)
Aesculus hosts caterpillars of 13 speciesof butterflies and moths, in some areas.
"Buckeye" is the nickname for any resident of Ohio, or student or graduate of Ohio State University.
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🏠︎ branches ╫ opposite 🌰︎ buckeye / 🐎︎ 🌰︎ horse chestnut genus Aesculus