Throughout its range, the Ohio buckeye is a tree of the floodplain, because these soils provide the consistent moisture that it likes. The buckeye typically grows to about 40 feet tall, and often ...

Well, we are actually here to talk about buckeye trees. Your favorite football team was named after Ohio’s state tree, known as the Ohio buckeye tree.

Officially, Ohio’s state tree may not exist. In 1953, the 100th General Assembly decreed that “the tree, Aesculus globra, commonly known as the ...

Now that fall has arrived, the husks have started falling from trees to reveal a brown one-eyed nut, known as the buckeye. Here’s more about the Ohio buckeye tree, and how to spot one.

Soil and Water Red buckeye tree is considered a pioneer species, meaning it grows in a range of soils, from moist to dry. It can even grow in tough clay or sand-heavy soils that are slightly acidic.

It's the red buckeye tree flowers -- which are tubular in shape, appear in upright clusters, and can grow up to 8 inches long -- that make the red buckeye so irresistible to hummingbirds.

At a glance, it could easily be mistaken for a marijuana leaf. The buckeye tree became the state tree of Ohio in 1953 but was already a popular symbol for the state as far back as the 1800s.

Now that fall has arrived, the husks have started falling from trees to reveal a brown one-eyed nut, known as the buckeye. Here’s more about the Ohio buckeye tree, and how to spot one.