Growing up on Ebinger Drive in Niles, Tony Dati remembers playing in the shade of his neighbor’s towering bur oak tree, its enormous trunk wider than any other tree in the neighborhood. “You think ...

In this edition of ID That Tree, Purdue Extension forester Lenny Farlee gives tips on how to identify two species – honey locust and bur oak – from just the markings and scarring on leafless twigs.

The bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) is a noble native tree. This oak has large (5- to 9-inch-long), dark-green leaves. The base fiddle-shaped leaves have deep, rounded sinuses. The acorns are most ...

Q: I have a bur oak tree in our backyard that’s 9 years old. Last summer, I started noticing ridges on the tree trunk and branches. Is this normal? If not, is there anything I can do about it? — Heidi ...

Editor's note: Once a month, the OSU Extension master gardener's office of Franklin County profiles a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. Native plant landscapes are increasingly promoted to ...

It is a good time to plant shade trees because the weather is relatively mild and the new trees can work on producing a root system before they are faced with the challenges of a Central Texas summer.

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