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 ...

Deep in a forest of central Massachusetts stands an average red oak tree. Nothing is special about it, except for the fact that it tweets, offering insight into climate change. Deep in the Harvard ...

BISMARCL - Highland Acres is home to a state champion red oak tree, whose important job it is to supply ample shade in the summer and woodstove kindling in the winter. The non-native Quercus rubra has ...

Maybe you’ve been plonked on the head one too many times while out in the woods. Or you’ve come across a patch of forest floor that made it feel like you were walking on marbles. If either of these ...

My red oak tree developed spots on the leaves in late summer. Since then, many of the leaves have fallen off, and the tree looks dead. What can I do about this problem? Your description sounds like ...

Watch an oak tree growing from an acorn to a young plant over 133 days in this time-lapse. We picked white oak because it can be germinated immediately without a need for cold-stratification like red ...

Kermes scale: The Kermes scale insect is well-established in the Boulder area and affects pin oak and red oak trees. The adult female is about a quarter-inch in diameter, tan and speckled with brown.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The largest southern red oak in Knox County had to be felled Friday morning. Standing tall off of West Glenwood Avenue, the tree had provided shade and memories for decades.