Trees infected by oak wilt show some distinctive symptoms. On live oaks, sections on separate branches die. The pattern is called “flagging.” The leaves that begin falling from the “flags” often will ...

Choosing the best firewood to burn in your home fireplace comes down to wood type and factors like its heat output, its dryness, its source, and, of course, cost. When you see signs for firewood for ...

A catastrophic infestation of the goldspotted oak borer, which has killed more than 80,000 oak trees in San Diego County in the last decade, might be contained by controlling the movement of oak ...

California black oak is in the red oak group of species, but its source of supply (It grows primarily in northern California and southwest Oregon), physical properties (It is weaker than most red oaks ...

CHITRAL: In the absence of alternative heat sources for cooking and heating, the residents are using oak wood in southern Chitral for fuel and thus, threatening forests. The surveys conducted by ...