Return of the Fall Webworm
Tuesday August 28, 2012
A two-inch caterpillar that builds webs may pay your trees a visit this fall. This fall webworm is greenish-yellow with white hairs and two rows of black dots down ... Read More
Aspen, The Keystone Species
Friday August 24, 2012
Aspen is the most widely distributed tree species in North America ranging from Alaska to Newfoundland and down the Rocky Mountains to Mexico. Interestingly, Utah and Colorado is home to ... Read More
Sourwood Will be the First Fall Color to Show!
Thursday August 23, 2012
Sourwood is one of the first trees to turn colors in the eastern North American forest. By late August/early September it is common to see the foliage of young sourwood ... Read More
The Dude Fire - A Wildfire Disaster Remembered
Tuesday August 21, 2012
The Wildfire Tragedy Site - Steve Nix Photo Licensed to About.com
Tragically and in June of 1990 , a wildfire in Arizona called the Dude Fire burned 28,480 acres ... Read More
A Forest Ecosystem Explained
Sunday August 19, 2012
Darwin, in his famous "Tree of Life" metaphor, set the stage for the recently developed science of Ecology. His 200 year old tree imagery of life developing as a branching ... Read More
Angel Oak on Johns Island, South Carolina
Thursday August 16, 2012
The Angel Oak is a Southern live oak tree located in Angel Oak Park, on Johns Island, South Carolina. It may be the oldest tree east of the Mississippi River ... Read More
10 Best Forests to See Fall Color in North America - Make Your Plans Now!
Wednesday August 15, 2012
Here are ten of the most beautiful areas for Autumn and Fall color viewing in the United States and Canada. I picked these fall foliage locations using several criteria: They ... Read More
A Mann Gulch Fire Video Tribute
Tuesday August 14, 2012
On August 5, 1949, a wildfire overran 16 smokejumpers and firefighters in Mann Gulch on the Helena National Forest in Montana. Only three survived. The tragedy dealt a major blow ... Read More
Match the Leaf with the Tree Quiz
Sunday August 12, 2012
I have developed this Match the Leaf with the Tree Quiz based on 30 of the most common native North American hardwoods. See how you do by identifying the tree ... Read More
Forestry and Your Local Conservation District
Thursday August 9, 2012
If you own a forest in the United States, it is located near a valuable resource that offers both forestry financial assistance and tree owner information. I have professionally worked ... Read More
The Benefits of a Healthy Urban Forest
Wednesday August 8, 2012
Trees benefit communities in a number of important ways. Urban foresters are employed by local and state government agencies to promote tree benefits. Urban foresters and arborists are also ... Read More
The Most Common Leaf and Twig Galls
Sunday August 5, 2012
Leaf infections called "galls" are bumps or growths caused as a result of the feeding and other activity of insects or mites. Powerful growth regulating chemicals produced by feeding insects ... Read More
Causes of Early Tree Nut Drop
Wednesday August 1, 2012
There are times when nut bearing trees like hickory, walnut and pecan normally drop some fruit well before full maturity. There is always a natural shedding of a portion of ... Read More
How Much of a Tree is Actually Alive?
Wednesday August 1, 2012
Just 1% of a tree is actually alive and composed of "living" cells. Nearly all of every tree you see is composed of non-living tissue and very little of a ... Read More