Leaves often turn brilliant colors in autumn. One of those colors has generated a lot of heated debate among scientists in recent years.

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Attached is a photo of my red oak tree. It has been yellow in color the past two years, and it is dying slowly now. I’ve ...

This Texas Red Oak shows the awesome fall colors of this tree. Note also the multi-trunk appearance of the base of the tree. Oak trees are an important part of our landscape. Looking around, it is ...

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 ...