genus
Buckeyes and Horse-chestnuts
Aesculus
Field notes
Children
- Horse-chestnut introduced
- California Buckeye presumed native
- Red Buckeye native
- Ohio Buckeye native
- Yellow Buckeye native
- Red Horse-chestnut
- Bottlebrush Buckeye native
- Painted Buckeye native
- Lower California Buckeye
- Indian Horse-chestnut
- Japanese Horse-chestnut present
- Chinese Horse-chestnut
- Aesculus × mutabilis
- Mississippi Buckeye
- Aesculus × hybrida
- Sunrise Horse-chestnut
- Aesculus × marylandica
- Arnold's Chestnut
- Aesculus × woerlitzensis
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Trees
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native buckeyes and horse-chestnuts All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Ohio Buckeye
Aesculus glabra
caterpillars
19
hosts
4
food
6
flowers
52
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Yellow Buckeye
Aesculus flava
caterpillars
17
hosts
1
food
3
flowers
10
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Red Buckeye
Aesculus pavia
caterpillars
14
hosts
2
food
4
flowers
18
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Painted Buckeye
Aesculus sylvatica
caterpillars
12
food
3
flowers
7
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Bottlebrush Buckeye
Aesculus parviflora
caterpillars
12
food
2
flowers
40
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California Buckeye
Aesculus californica
caterpillars
7
hosts
1
food
13
flowers
65