Ohio Buckeye
Aesculus glabra
The nuts are poisonous. Carried in pockets for luck anyway.
The Ohio buckeye is the state tree, a dense Midwestern presence with five-fingered leaves and a glossy dark nut in a prickly husk. The nut is poisonous. People carry it in their pockets for luck anyway, which is a fair summary of how superstition weighs a known risk against a vague hope.
