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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Q: What are these red fluffy balls that are ALL OVER my oak trees and raining down on my house and patio? Are they doing to hurt my trees? A: They are insects, but they are no harm to you or your oak ...

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 ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — There are a pair of red oaks among the flowers in our front yard, one growing just outside the penumbra of shadow cast by the rhododendrons and azaleas, the other under no shadow ...

QUASQUETON — Unlike the tree affliction caused by the emerald ash borer, oak wilt does not threaten to wipe out every oak in the state. But that's little consolation to Clayton Ohrt, whose picturesque ...

The fallen leaves and cool temperatures are all signs it’s safe to prune oak trees in Michigan. Oak trees can be infected by the oak wilt fungus if they’re pruned anytime between April 15 through July ...

Springtime may seem like a great time to get outside with a chainsaw and prune everything in sight, but don’t make that mistake with your oak trees. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources asks ...