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Ohio loses Buckeye battle with Illinois
We won’t dwell on tree talk, but there’s a development on the Buckeye tree landscape, and it’s not good for Ohio:
American Forests magazine recently released its biennial registry of the nation’s biggest trees. Prominent in the list of new champions is an Ohio buckeye in Oak Brook, Ill. The tree dethroned the reigning champ in Huron County.
And you thought last year’s Illinois loss stung.
FYI, here’s some brief info on Buckeye trees.
Ohio Buckeye, the state tree of Ohio, is found primarily as an understory tree in the western half of Ohio, where the soils are more alkaline in pH. However, it is scattered throughout the eastern half of the state, except in extreme northeastern and extreme southeastern Ohio. Its lightweight wood is used in the production of artificial limbs, and the holding of a “buckeye nut” in one’s pocket is considered good luck. A native of the Midwestern and Great Plains states, trees found in the open may reach 60 feet tall by 30 feet wide, but as a native understory it is often half that size. As a member of the Horsechestnut Family, it is related to other Horsechestnuts and Buckeyes, including man-made hybrids between the species.
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