Waiting until the leaves drop in fall is a rule of thumb for pruning shade trees, mainly because you can see bare limbs better, and the job is less “messy” without leaves attached to the cut branches.

Oak trees have been around for more than 50 million years, with individual trees easily living 1,000 years. One of the oldest oak trees in the U.S. is believed to be at least 2,624 years old. The ...

Black oak (Quercus velutina) is a deciduous, medium-to-large oak tree is commonly found in the eastern half of the United States. A black oak tree can be identified by its bark and leaves. The bark is ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Leaves are the food factories of the tree. Powered by sunlight, the green ...

This oak tree has a fungal infection of the foliage called oak leaf blister. The rainy spring created conditions ideal for this disease to attack. Because oak leaf blister is not an issue every year, ...

These large, long-lived trees support more life-forms than any other trees in North America. And they’re magnificent. By Margaret Roach When I arrived years ago at the piece of land I now garden, I ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - In a collaborative effort with the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) Forest Health Program, the MU Plant Diagnostic Clinic announced it will provide free testing ...