Determining the identity of a tree can be a bit challenging, especially during winter when leaves are not present. This is when knowing other characteristics are very helpful. Take the oak trees, as ...

One of the younger live oaks in a yard on Snead Island near Palmetto, Florida. Photo by Susan M. Songster Weaver For those of us who grew up in Western New York, the mighty oak has been a common sight ...

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 ...

Looks like: Chestnut oak trees are deciduous, medium-sized trees that can reach a height of 65 to 80 feet. The long, chestnut-shaped leaves become dark yellowish-green in summer and change to ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- Several WCCO viewers, including Leah from Coon Rapids and Robert from Oak Grove, wrote to us wanting to know: why are there so many nuts? The Minnesota Department of Natural ...

Ms. Renkl is a contributing Opinion writer who covers flora, fauna, politics and culture in the American South. NASHVILLE — Here is the sound in our family room on a windy day in October: ...

Watch an oak tree growing from an acorn to a young plant over 133 days in this time-lapse. We picked white oak because it can be germinated immediately without a need for cold-stratification like red ...

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 ...

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 ...

For the past few weeks, neighborhoods all over metro Atlanta have been under bombardment -- a relentless pounding from countless acorns falling on car tops, roofs and decks. At my home on the ...