Trees of Wisconsin

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