In this edition of ID That Tree, we’re going to introduce you to a native Indiana oak species, and that’s blackjack oak. It can be found in high, dry, rocky ridges where soil moister is limited. It ...

In this edition of ID That Tree, we’re going to introduce you to yet another southern Indiana oak species. This one is a member of the broad white oak group and it’s called post oak. It’s called that ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Six months post Hurricane Helene, new leaves are breaking dormancy. Our skyline resembles a Crayola box again. With appreciation for remaining trees in neighborhoods, one may wonder which tree species ...

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 ...