Red Buckeye; Scarlet Buckeye
Aesculus pavia var. pavia
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Native to Arkansas. How scores work Is it native here?
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At a glance
Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom
This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.
Recorded in 18 Arkansas counties.
Ecological relationships
Who uses this plant?
31CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AR
Genus host records with ranges including AR · Aesculus
- Achatia distinctaDistinct Quaker
- Acronicta americanaAmerican Dagger
- Actias lunaLuna Moth
- Amyelois transitellaNavel Orangeworm
- Antheraea polyphemusPolyphemus Moth
- Archips argyrospilaFruit-Tree Leafroller Moth
- Archips rileyanaSouthern Ugly-Nest Caterpillar Moth
- Cecrita biundataWavy-Lined Heterocampa
- Cecrita guttivittaMaple Prominent, Saddled Prominent
- Celypha nr.Celypha Moth
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- Choristoneura rosaceanaOblique-Banded Leafroller Moth, Rosaceous Leaf Roller
- Dasychira dorsipennataSharp-Lined Tussock Moth
- Eacles imperialisImperial Moth, Imperial Spiny Caterpillar
- Egira alternansAlternate Woodling
- Ennomos subsignariaElm Spanworm Moth
- Halysidota tessellarisBanded Tussock Moth, Pale Tiger Moth
- Hyalophora cecropiaCecropia Silkmoth, Cecropia Moth
- Hyphantria cuneaFall Webworm
- Isa textulaCrowned Slug
- Lithophane groteiGrote's Pinion, Green Fruit Worm
- Morrisonia confusaConfused Woodgrain
- Nematocampa resistariaFilament Bearer, Horned Spanworm Moth
- Oiketicus abbotiiAbbot's Bagworm Moth
- Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-Marked Tussock Moth
- Orthosia hibisciSpeckled Green Fruitworm Moth, Speckled Green Quaker
- Proteoteras aesculanaMaple Seed Caterpillar, Maple Twig Borer
- Psaphida rolandiRoland's Sallow
- Pseudexentera spolianaBare-Patched Leafroller
- Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformisEvergreen Bagworm Moth
- Trigrammia quadrinotariaFour-Spotted Angle
- Olethreutes monetiferanum
22BeesSoutheastern regional records
Southeastern regional records · Aesculus
Individual names are not available yet.
Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects
Growing and identification
Plant details
- Family
- SAPINDACEAE
What its natural habitat tells you
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Conservation status
| Arkansas rank | SNR |
|---|---|
| Global rank | G5T5 |
| AR status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
In your garden
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Sources
- Atlas of the Vascular Plants of Arkansas (2013)
- USDA PLANTS
- Vascular Plants of North Carolina (NC Natural Heritage Program)
- Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025)
- Arkansas occurrence source
- Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
- Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
- Narango, Tallamy & Shropshire 2020, Few keystone plant genera support the majority of Lepidoptera species, Nature Communications

