The Ohio buckeye is a characteristic tree of our state’s native landscape, with interesting seasonal growth patterns and ties ...

is an anthropomorphic representation of an Ohio buckeye nut, which is the state tree of Ohio. The nickname "Buckeyes" has roots in the 18th century, when Ohio settlers began using Ohio buckeye ...

“It has some beautiful foliage right now ... Robert Holmes bet a Douglas fir tree, and the Ohio governor William O’Niell bet ...

Ohio was forever after associated with buckeyes. It wasn't until 1953 that Ohio adopted the buckeye tree as the state tree. Ohio State University took Buckeyes as its mascot in 1950.

Due to its prevalence in the state, the Buckeye tree was adopted as the official state tree in 1953. Ohio is known as the Buckeye State, and Ohioans are sometimes called Buckeyes. People from ...