Buds of yellow buckeye (Aesculus flava, Sapindaceae)
Author
Omar R. Lopez University of Wisconsin Department of Botany Madison Wisconsin 53706 USA
Keywords
Aesculus flava
Description
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Buds of yellow buckeye (Aesculus flava, Sapindaceae) showing expanding
new leaves under an open canopy in early spring (ca. 15 March) Great Smoky Mountains
National Park, Tennessee, USA. Yellow buckeye is the earliest tree species to
produce a flush of new leaves in the southern Appalachians. Early leaf emergence
increases light capture before canopy closure and may provide a substantial
Publisher
Botanical Society of America
Additional data
copyright: Omar R. Lopez, BSA
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