Aesculus pavia

Red Buckeye

Sapindaceae

Plant Specifics

Form:	Tree
Size:	8-35 ft tall by 5-20 ft wide
Life Span:	Long-lived perennial
Flower Color:	Red
Fruit Color:	Brown
Phenology:	Deciduous. Red blooms in early spring. Fruits ripen in fall.
Noted for:	Showy flowers, Interesting foliage

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:	Use as a specimen plant or understory tree. May be single or multi-stemmed.
Considerations:	Toxic fruits and foliage. Leaves drop earlier than other deciduous trees.
Propagation:	Seed, stem cuttings.
Availability:	Friends, Native nurseries, FNPS plant sales
Light:	Part Shade,  Shade
Moisture Tolerance:	always floodedextremely dry
	(Usually moist, occasional inundation ----- to ----- Not wet but not extremely dry)
Moisture Tolerance:	Usually moist, occasional inundation ----- to ----- Not wet but not extremely dry
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:	Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
Salt Spray/ Salty Soil Tolerance:	Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
Soil or other substrate:	Loam, Sand
Soil pH:	6.1-7.5

Ecology

Wildlife:
Insects:
Native Habitats:	Upland hardwood forests.

Distribution and Planting Zones

Comments

Ethnobotany:

Native Americans crushed the seeds and young twigs and put them in water to stupefy fish for easier capture. Soap may be obtained from the roots and a black dye from the wood.