Yellow Buckeye is a common large tree of the Mountains with palmately compound leaves.
Buncombe Co., NC 7/8/06.
The flowers are yellowish. The name flava means 'yellow' in Latin.
Clay Co., NC 5/13/06.
A fruiting branch. The seeds are similar to those of other buckeyes - smooth dark brown with a large pale spot.
Formerly known as Aesculus octandra.
Buncombe Co., NC 7/8/06.
The bark is pale gray-brown, smooth on younger trees, breaking into plates on older trees.
Clay Co., NC 5/13/06.
Buncombe Co., NC 7/8/06.
