Training one’s eye to identify trees is a fun way to connect with the world around us and can be useful for making home landscape selections. Trees are often identified using leaf shape and color, ...

Most people tend to overlook tree bark as rather uninteresting, at best. It’s too bad, because bark is a fascinating and often attractive plant “invention,” and is actually rather complex in its ...

Video series adds “spring bloom” to aid in the identification of different trees. With vivid pictures sharing what to look for regarding the leaves, bark and bloom, Purdue Extension Forester Lenny ...

In this excerpt from her new book Tree Notes: A Year in the Company of Trees, National Geographic Explorer Nalini M. Nadkarni reveals how tiny “windows” in the bark of trees help them respire. What’s ...