Ohio Buckeye,, Flower, Leaves and Bark

Flower cluster

The Ohio buckeye usually has 5 leaflets for each leaf.

The tree bending around the larger tree is the Ohio buckeye

Bark closeup (left) of Ohio buckeye. This tree is 9" in dia.

Walking along the bottom of an east facing slope the flat ground was marsh like. I was glad it was early spring, (24 April 09) The pools of water along the ground would have bred a lot of mosquito's. I want to come back again in the summer to see how this area will look anyway.

Growing along the base of bluffs is common for this tree. The base of the hill is a similar situation. The tree in my remembrance does not take a dominate position in the forest. It grows up to 50' tall.