Few average Joes can correctly identify every species of oak growing in North America. That’s the kind of Final Jeopardy-level knowledge typically reserved for foresters, wildlife biologists, and very ...

It began as a whim. I was visiting the local feed and seed store in September when I noticed an elderly gentleman intently examining the rows and rows of seed packets on a large rack. My mission was ...

I’d like to stay on the topic of trees from last week, but today, I’d like to address the fairly common issue in this area of when red oak leaves turn yellow. If you have this happening in your yard, ...

Northern red oaks, quercus rubra, are, to me, the cardinals of the oak world: easy to identify. These are beautiful majestic oak trees with rough, furrowed bark. The furrows reveal pale, sometimes ...

You don’t have to hunt deer for very long to realize that oak trees and the acorns they drop each fall are hugely important to deer. If fact, most hunters know that the majority oak trees fall into ...

Like the rest of the red/black oak group, the Northern Red Oak has multi-lobed leaves with bristle tips. This native tree, however, has a group of buds at the terminal end of the stem that are smooth, ...

Purdue Landscape Report: Each spring the PPDL receives several samples of oak trees showing curled, twisted, stunted and/or generally ratty looking leaves. When there are holes in the leaves or leaf ...

As leaves die in the fall, color pigments form from sugars trapped in the leaves, producing the different red and yellows and oranges and purples. Bill Kreiger, professor of earth sciences and science ...

A: Not at all. There are people who feel the tannins (oils) in oak and pecan leaves inhibit growth of other plants enough that they shouldn’t be included in compost. That has never been a problem for ...

Many coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia) trees are showing unusual browning in their canopies in the last month or two. If you look carefully, you may see small, crescent-shaped galls forming on the ...