If it’s not the biggest tree in Gratiot County – and no one is definitively certain – the black willow at the Luce Road spot by the river now called Luneack Landing is doing a good imitation ...

A black willow tree in Marine on St. Croix is the largest of its kind in Minnesota — and is on track to be crowned national champion next year. Located on private property, the tree’s massive ...

MARINE ON ST. CROIX, Minn. -- A black willow tree in Marine on St. Croix is the largest of its kind in Minnesota -- and is on track to be crowned national champion next year.Located on private ...

The black willow provides more than protein. In the 19th century, its bark was used to develop aspirin. The active ingredient, salicylic acid, reacts to reduce pain and inflammation.

With the White Rock Park tree gone, the honor of being the biggest Black Willow in Texas now goes to a tree in Fort Worth's Wildwood Park. 67-feet tall with a trunk circumference of 227-inches and ...

In a black walnut, the bark is furrowed and dark in color (it is lighter in butternut). The leaf scars along twigs look like an upside-down shamrock with five or seven bundle scars.

Purdue Extension forester Lenny Farlee shares identifying characteristics of the black walnut tree, also known as the American black walnut or eastern black walnut, including pairs of leaflets running ...

About four years ago, she nominated a black willow near White Rock Lake for the state’s Big Tree Registry. Measurements confirmed the massive landmark — 47 feet high with a trunk girth of 265 ...