The acorn of an oak tree, for example, is a seed—but completely different from a maple's samara. Believe it or not, twigs can be used to identify a tree as well. This is a good thing because ...

Use the tree-spotting guide to identify it together and let them write the tree's name next to it. Take a fallen leaf to stick it to your child's investigation, or help them to do a rubbing of one ...

For owners of residential and business property who don’t know a maple from an oak ... Online resources explain how to identify if a tree is an ash by looking at leaves, branches, buds and ...