Buckeye-Ohio 25C

Ohio buckeye a medium-sized canopy tree 50-75 ft. tall is often used as an ornamental because of its interesting fruit and bright orange fall foliage. Branches bend toward the ground then arch back up creating a rounded outline. Dense attractive deciduous foliage is palmately compound and the showy erect blossom clusters are held at the ends of the twigs. The tree’s fruit is a nut encased in a spiny splitting husk. Twigs and leaves often have a slightly unpleasant odor when crushed.  The seeds and young foliage are poisonous and the toxic bark was formerly used medicinally.