Articles Index
Parts of a Tree, Use These Tree Parts to Identify a Tree
Botanical parts of a tree. Use these tree parts and markers to make a positive tree identification.
Work Safely With a Chainsaw - Critical Things to Know and Practice
How to manage a backyard forest of 10 acres or less. You must learn how to work safely with a chainsaw if used in your backyard forest.
A Hardwood Tree and How It Grows
A tree is the sum of its unique biological parts. I provide a diagram of a hardwood tree and offer some biology explaining how its parts work to make a tree possible.
Aspen Tree - One of the 100 Most Common North American Trees
A walk-through description and guide to identifying the aspen tree or Populus tremuloides. Find out more about the aspen tree's habit, range, silviculture and management.
Pictures of Favorite Fall Tree Foliage Color
Here are some facts and figures by tree species on their fall color display.
Finding American Ginseng in Eastern Forests
ginseng root and seed is a valuable forest product that is collected and sold on the open market and mainly used for ginseng healing and curative properties. This tutorial gives tips and instruction on how to identify, harvest and market Panax quinquefolius.
Colorado Quaking Aspens in Fall
Quaking aspen trees. Take a railroad tour and see the Colorado quaking aspen in the Fall. Find out more about the tree's fall habit in Colorado via a Leadville, Colorado and Southern railroad tour.
A Virginia Silky Camellia
Stewartia malacodendron or Silky Camellia is uncommon in its Southeastern natural range and rare in several southern U.S. states. Hard to propagate, it tantalizes gardeners but is not a candidate for the mass market nurseryman.
How a Leaf Changes Color in Fall
An illustrated overview of how a tree leaf changes during autumn and fall.
The Best U.S. Fall Color Forests, 10 Exceptional North American Fall Color Spots
The ten best bets on viewing fall color in the United States are often but not always around National Parks and Forests. I have listed best views of autumn leaf foliage in North American forests. Plan your viewing around these spots.
Crank Starting a Chainsaw - The Art of Starting a Chainsaw
Even a new chainsaw in good repair can be hard to start. Here are steps you can take to get a reliable chainsaw start every time.
Petrified Forest in North American Chinle Sediment
Ancient trees are buried and over time become fossilized and called petrified wood. Here is information on how a petrified forest is created and preserved.
The Catalpa Tree and Its Worms
A catalpa tree is both a beautiful tree, a wood product and a source of food for the fish-loving catalpa worm.
Douglas Fir - 100 Most Common North American Trees
A walk-through description and guide to identifying Douglas fir or Pseudotsuga menziesii. Find out more about the tree's habit, range, silviculture and management.
How to Fell a Tree Using a Chainsaw
Tyson Schultz is an Oregon logger and uses his chainsaw everyday. Here is a step by step on how a logger cuts into and fells a tree with a chainsaw.
The Dude Fire Under Mogollon Rim North of Payson, Arizona
The Dude Fire near Payson Arizona lasted ten days. Before the fire was finally extinguished, over 28,480 acres had burned in 2 national forests, 63 homes were destroyed, and six firefighters were killed. One of those homes was the historic "Zane Gray cabin".
Red Maple - 100 Most Common North American Trees
A walk-through description and guide to identifying red maple or Acer rubrum. Find out more about the tree's habit, range, silviculture and management.
Tragic and Destructive North American Wildfires - 1950 to Present
A list of the most destructive wildfire disasters in North American history from 1950 to present
Sabal Palmetto Palm, A Favorite Tree of South Carolina and Florida
The cabbage palm is the favorite palm for landscapers. It is a large, tall palm with a single unbranching trunk that grows to about 50 feet. Sabal palm is state tree and on the flag of South Carolina. It is on Florida's Great Seal.
Sweetgum - One of the 100 Most Common North American Trees
A walk-through description and guide to identifying sweetgum or Liquidambar styraciflua. Find out more about the aspen tree's habit, range, silviculture and management.
Royal Paulownia - Introduction and Identification of Paulownia Tomentosa
A walk-through description and guide to identifying paulownia or Paulownia tomentosa. Find out more about the tree's habit, range, silviculture and management.
Silver Maple - 100 Most Common North American Trees
A walk-through description and guide to identifying silver maple or Acer saccharinum. Find out more about the tree's habit, range, silviculture and management.
Sycamore - 100 Most Common North American Trees
A walk-through description and guide to identifying sycamore or Platanus occidentalis. Find out more about the tree's habit, range, silviculture and management.
Yellow Poplar - Identifying Yellow Poplar in North American Trees
A walk-through description and guide to identifying yellow poplar or Liriodendron tulipifera. Find out more about tulip tree's habit, range, silviculture and management.
Roundleaf Sweetgum var. Rotundiloba - The "Fruitless" Sweetgum
A feature on one of the most unique of all sweetgum varieties, roundleaf sweetgum is a fruitless sweetgum with excellent fall foliage. These characteristics alone should be reason enough to plant it.