Q: I’m attaching two photos. One is to show you our venerable old live oak and its importance to our house and our landscape. The other shows some white patches of bark. They’re easy to spot ...

I noticed a lot of small twigs with leaves on them under my oak tree and became concerned about the oak. It is a large, ...

Have you ever paused beneath a towering oak or maple and wondered if that rough, gnarled bark is hiding secrets? What if I told you ... Read more The post What Tree Bark Can Tell You About Local ...

As property owners and state foresters across Northeast Michigan continue to remove damaged or downed trees this summer from ...

Live oak, jade trees, hibiscus and more advice from Neil Sperry. ... That makes me wonder if it could have been some type of beetle rasping on the bark, or perhaps even hail damage.

The bark is also an indicator for the live oak tree. They have dark bark and as the Live Oak Tree ages cracks develop in the bark which turn into deep fissures on the older branches.