During a particularly hot afternoon in June, my staff and I were walking a shaded trail at Garden in the Woods in Framingham ...

Cicada season may be over, but another pest emerges right after. Here's how to prevent possible bites and rashes from oak ...

In a collaboration between Irvington High School and Dows Lane Elementary School, a group of students came together to plant eight native red oak saplings as part of the “Little […] ...

The Bowdoin Tree Tour is an outgrowth of a 2023 survey, first worked on by Dylan Petrillo ’26 for a unique summer job. He ...

DEAR NEIL: We have a red oak in our backyard. Bark started peeling in the fall, but it has become prevalent this spring. There are also tiny holes in the trunk like a woodpecker might cause, but ...

And no small tree in Texas has better red fall foliage than flameleaf sumac. It’s adapted to all kinds of soils, and its leaves turn screaming red for a couple of weeks every autumn.

“You'll go from having a healthy tree to over a few weeks noticing browned leaf edges, leaves falling for no reason apparently.” The DNR says now is the best time to prune your oak trees.

Red oaks have leaves with pointed tips and include black oak, northern red oak, and northern pin oak. Trees in the white oak group have rounded leaf edges and include white oak, swamp white oak ...

A White oak tree in Barrington. There's an explosion of acorns this year as red oaks and related trees are having a mast year. Then there’s the critical role oak trees play in the larger ecosystem.

In September, 87% of trees in the red oak family were documented with acorns, compared to a historical average of 57%. In contrast, only 9% of trees in the white oak family were found to have ...

White oak trees usually have lighter-colored, furrowed bark, and the leaves sport rounded lobes. Related: Red Oak vs White Oak–A Hunter's Guide 2. Know How to Spot the Best Acorns ...

Some oak species have leaves without lobes, but you can still generally categorize them by whether or not the leaf tip has a bristle. A northern red oak leaf with its characteristic bristles. Photo by ...