Above: This photo tells an entire story. Taken at Roan Mountain State Park in Tennessee in January, it shows most of the deciduous trees are bare. However, you can easily see the light tan colors of ...

Every summer an unusual type of insect makes an appearance in many landscapes. Actually, there is a small group of insects, called twig girdlers or twig pruners, that cause similar damage in a variety ...

Question: All of a sudden, a lot of small short branches broke off the oak tree in our front yard. The ground is covered with them. There are at least 50. There hasn't been a storm to damage them, and ...

When deciduous trees begin to change leaf colors in fall in response to short day length and cool night temperatures, it induces the formation of an abscission layer at the base of the leaf stem ...

BOSTON (CBS) - December is here and you probably have noticed many trees still have leaves. In fact, you can usually set your clock by the annual cycle of leaves! The changing color followed by a ...

Q. We have a beautiful water oak in our backyard that is more than 40 years old. This year the leaves are falling so bad it looks like it is September, not July. I feel like the squirrels are chewing ...

Spring is in full bloom and trees are beginning to look green again. Learning how to identify trees in yards, neighborhoods and local parks provides insight into the diversity and relationships found ...