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abot95-11
Title
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
license: http://images.botany.org/index.html#license
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Botanical Name
Aesculus flava
Common Name
Yellow Buckeye
Location Area
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Location State
Tennessee
Location Country
USA
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