Red oaks have wood with a more reddish hue while white oak is paler, with an almost whitish tint. Common red oak species include Northern red, Southern red, pin, willow, and black oak. Prevalent ...

DOF has this Acorn and Nut ID Guide to help people identify what they are collecting. All acorns and nuts need to be dropped ...

When another large limb fell from the tree during Hurricane ... Berries for birds? Burr oak (Quercus macrocarpa). Deciduous. Stately and slow growing but eventually super-tall.

Stare at a big, bushy tree for a few minutes, and you’ll notice there’s a lot going on. Up in the leaves there’s a bustling ...

The American chestnut (Castanea dentata) is a tree that ... and all oak species are maintained within the genus Quercus. All of this is just to point out that a plant family, in this case, the ...

Find out how to identify and get rid of poison oak while avoiding painful rashes this plant can cause. Poison oak can be a ...

Visitors to Gray’s Creek Conservation Area can learn about various native tree ... growing preferences, and uses,” says Claudia Munafo, RRCA’s Administrative and Outreach Assistant. “From the drought ...

The Dodds family also received the gift of a burr oak tree. The oak is the State Tree of Iowa. It is hoped that they will plant the tree in a prominent spot on the farm to be enjoyed by everyone ...

No wonder bears hang out in oak forests and on slopes covered with Gambel oak in the fall. Bears begin climbing into beech trees in early September and make themselves comfortable so they can sit and ...