Ohio Buckeye

Aesculus glabra var. glabra

Found in moist upland and riparian forests, bluffs, ravines, stream banks; usually over calcareous substrates. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Northern Tier edition What its natural habitat tells you

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Native to West Virginia. How scores work Is it native here?

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Rare or protected plant. Specialist conservation planting; excluded from routine garden suggestions. Plant caution source

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Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

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Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

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Forests and woodlands

Forest or woodland where the source does not say how moist or dry.

Moist forests

Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines.

Streams, rivers and their banks

Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals.

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Ecological relationships

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What these records mean

35CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including WV

Genus host records with ranges including WV · Aesculus

Achatia distinctaDistinct Quaker
Acronicta americanaAmerican Dagger
Actias lunaLuna Moth
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
Choristoneura rosaceanaOblique-Banded Leafroller Moth, Rosaceous Leaf Roller

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Dasychira dorsipennataSharp-Lined Tussock Moth
Eacles imperialisImperial Moth, Imperial Spiny Caterpillar
Egira alternansAlternate Woodling
Ennomos subsignariaElm Spanworm Moth
Epiglaea declivaSloping Sallow
Halysidota tessellarisBanded Tussock Moth, Pale Tiger Moth
Hyalophora cecropiaCecropia Silkmoth, Cecropia Moth
Hyphantria cuneaFall Webworm
Isa textulaCrowned Slug
Lithophane antennataAshen Pinion
Lithophane baileyiBailey's Pinion
Lithophane groteiGrote's Pinion, Green Fruit Worm
Lithophane joannisBuckeye Pinion
Lophocampa caryaeHickory Tussock Moth, Hickory Tiger Moth
Morrisonia confusaConfused Woodgrain
Nematocampa resistariaFilament Bearer, Horned Spanworm 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
Olethreutes ochrosuffusanum

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

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 4.0

0Specialist beesPollen specialists

—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: SAPINDACEAE

Conservation status

West Virginia rank	S2
Global rank	Not available
WV status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

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