Key to the Trees of Wisconsin

Both of these species are cultivated in our area and very rarely escape, usually near planted individuals.

6. Buds both sticky and shiny; leaflets abruptly tapered to the tip, the broadest portion of each leaflet clearly closer to the tip than to the base; flowers primarily white; some leaves with 7-9 leaflets (but some may have 5--look carefully at the shape of the leaflets as described above). Aesculus hippocastanum 6. Buds not sticky or shiny; leaflets gradually tapered to the tip, the broadest portion of each leaflet near the middle of its length; flowers primarily yellow; leaves with 5 leaflets. Aesculus glabra   Glossary of terms Return to start of tree key Return to list of tree species Contact the author