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 ...

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: ...

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 ...

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 ...

Q. We planted a 10-foot-tall red oak in 1998. We love the fall color it gives us. This year it is producing a large crop of acorns. We would like to plant some acorns on our property in the Texas Hill ...

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 ...

BRISTOL, Va. (WJHL) – As the official start to fall draws closer, outdoors enthusiasts will likely see the ground littered with acorns in some areas. However, according to the Virginia Department of ...

The bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) is a noble native tree. This oak has large (5- to 9-inch-long), dark-green leaves. The base fiddle-shaped leaves have deep, rounded sinuses. The acorns are most ...

CRIMORA, Va. — The Virginia Department of Forestry is looking for nuts - and they want yours. If you’ve got an oak tree in your yard or neighborhood, the department wants you to collect the acorns and ...