One doesn’t expect to outlive a tree. Our clocks tick at a different pace. Yet it happens, and sometimes it’s almost like a death in the family. The old shagbark hickory beside our driveway is that ...

I was walking the trails at York Land Trusts’ Hilton Farm last week. There is a beautiful spot there where the sun glints off the river and floods the woods with light. On that particular day the sun ...

Both humans and wildlife are busy foraging this first month of autumn for a tough nut to crack — Wisconsin’s flavorful hickory nut. Champions of this oft-overlooked edible know just where to go ...

MISSOURI, USA — Trees throughout Missouri are beginning to ditch their usual greens for reds, oranges, and golds as the region transitions into autumn. As leaves begin to fall, so too will nuts. Fall ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Yellowbud hickory trees are abundant in Iowa’s forests, yet few make use of the trees’ bitter-tasting ...

In this edition of ID That Tree, Purdue Extension forester Lenny Farlee introduces the mockernut or white hickory. This species is typically found on high dry ridges and other dry soil locations.

It's important to properly identify tree nuts, which include well-known varieties like almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts, cashews, pistachios and pecans, says Kat Benson, a registered dietitian with Top ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Sometimes nut-bearing trees, such as hickory, walnut, and pecan, drop their ...