The oak was already old when farmers built a church beside it in 1717. And when the people came and kept coming, a town called Basking Ridge was built around the church that was built beside the tree.

When assessing damage to the tree, also look at the amount of damage to the roots and to the canopy of the tree including the leaf buds found at the tips of the branches. The publication "Burned ...

Like the rest of the red/black oak group, the Northern Red Oak has multi-lobed leaves with bristle tips. This native tree, however, has a group of buds at the terminal end of the stem that are smooth, ...

Bob Garrett watches the progress of the tree bud lifter as he slowly drives the tractor over a row of shumard oak buds on Monday, March 17, 2025, at George O. White State Forest Nursery, in ...

Denise Ellsworth, Special to The Plain DealerHundreds of different kinds of oak galls can form on oak buds, twigs, leaves or acorns. Most are caused by tiny cynipid wasps.

Like the branches, buds also can be arranged opposite each other, alternating, zig-zagged or clustered on a twig. There are a few other clues you can use to identify trees in winter.

In this episode of ID That Tree, Purdue Extension forester Lenny Farlee introduces a native Indiana species found in dry sites in Northern and Southern Indiana, the scarlet oak. Identify this member ...

These trees are much more common; when you have narrowed down the understanding of how tree branches grow, you are much closer to identifying the tree. Buds come in various shapes and sizes.

If you live in the foothills, you probably have Gambel oak, aka scrub oak (Quercus gambelii), in your landscape. This native tree has some great attributes and some big management challenges. Good ...

A: It sounds like you have jumping oak galls. These are tiny, seed-like galls that form on the undersides of valley oak leaves. They are caused by the tiny gall wasp, Neuropterus saltatorius.

One of the most beneficial trees for wildlife is the oak tree. Oaks offer food, shelter, cover, and nesting sites for a number of animals.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KTRK) -- It's not Fall, but some Texans' trees are already starting to look like Fall trees. This summer, a number of Post Oak leaves are changing to brown and yellow ...