Looking to bring life to a waterlogged backyard? This towering oak variety could be the key to transforming damp soil into ...

North Florida and South Georgia are blessed with many species of native oak trees. Two species, dwarf live oak and running oak, form thickets from underground runners and may reach heights of only ...

The classic and trusted book “Fifty Common Trees of Indiana” by T.E. Shaw was published in 1956 as a user-friendly guide to local species. Nearly 70 years later, the publication has been updated ...

Opposites attract, they say, which may explain why I found a pair of disparate oaks sharing the brow of a hill near Clarksburg the other week. One was a chestnut oak, the other a black oak, and they ...

Oak trees have been around for more than 50 million years, with individual trees easily living 1,000 years. One of the oldest oak trees in the U.S. is believed to be at least 2,624 years old. The ...

As a big fan of easy-to-identify trees, I was happy to see chestnut oak while hiking Mt. Agamenticus last week. I usually rely upon leaves to identify most tree species, so winter tree identification ...

Nineteen species of oaks are native to New Jersey. They are the dominant trees in most of our upland forests. The part of the state that is south of Trenton and west of the Pine Barrens has 17 native ...

Corn won't grow at all on Rocky Top, Dirt's too rocky by far. That's why all the folks on Rocky Top, get their corn from a jar. --“Rocky Top”, lyrics by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant Way up yonder on a ...

Of all the groups of trees that are included in the Pocono region's fairly diverse list of about 75 species, the oaks have the most members. We have six kinds of maples, five birches, four hickories, ...

While, to many, fall is as good a season as any other, it can be the worst for those who are prone to oak leaf itch mites. These are commonly known to feed on larvae of an oak gall midge (fly) that ...