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Common forest trees of North Carolina

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  • *&&&<#&' FOR TR! :--e> <43&««s -e> YELLOW BUCKEYE (Aesculus octandra Marsh.) THE yellow buckeye, or sweet buckeye, generally known simply as buckeye, flourishes in the rich mountain coves of the southern Appalachians, where it attains a height of 90 feet and a diameter of 4 feet. It extends eastward and westward from the mountains in rich bottoms and moist uplands, chiefly, however, as a shrub. YELLOW BUCKEYE Nut, one-third natural size. Twig, three-quarters natural size. Leaf, one-quarter natural size. The bark is gray-brown and somewhat smooth but breaks up into thin irregular scales. The leaves, unlike those of any other of our tree species except the other member of the buckeye group, are divided into usually 5, but sometimes 6 or 7 oblong, pointed, sharply toothed leaflets 4 to 6 inches long, all set on the end of the leaf stems, Avhich are about as long as the leaflet. The leaves usually fall very early in the autumn on account of the attacks of a disease which causes large brown spots. The flowers are yellowish (sometimes purplish), in large clusters opening when the leaves are about half grown. The fruit is smooth, roundish, rusty brown, enclosing one or two rounded, chestnut- brown, shiny seeds called buckeyes. The kernel is "sweet" enough to be eaten readily by hogs and cattle. The wood is cream-wdiite, light and soft and decays rapidly when exposed to the weather. It is used for woodenware, artificial limbs, and for paper pulp. 67
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