Calflora: Aesculus californica

Aesculus californica (Spach) Nutt.

Buckeye, California buckeye, California horse chestnut, Shrub california buckeye, horse chestnut

Aesculus californica, a dicot, is a tree that is native to California and is endemic (limited) to California alone.

Community:	Foothill Woodland
Habitat:	canyons, slopes [Walker]
Wetlands:	Occurs in wetlands in another region, but occurs almost always under natural conditions in non wetlands in California [U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.]
Toxicity:	MINOR [California Poison Control System 2010]
Elevation:	between 0 and 4000 feet
Family:	SAPINDACEAE (PLANTS: HIPPOCASTANACEAE)
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Aesculus found in California.

Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93

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See a detailed Distribution Grid of this plant in California.

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	There are reported records.
	There are reported records available indirectly (eg. in botanical literature).

Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH. Click county name to view records.

CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Aesculus californica from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (AECA)
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley
Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database