The video surveys U.S. shade trees that provide rapid canopy growth and meaningful summer cooling, outlining sizes, growth ...

Walking along the banks of a river, through a young forest, or along a city street, there is a tree that stands out from the rest. At first glance it might appear to be just another paper birch, but ...

Many ornamental trees are valued for their spring flowers or fall foliage, but they offer little aesthetic value during the winter. Not the river birch tree. The river birch’s beautiful bark offers ...

Editor's note: Once a month, the OSU Extension master gardener's office of Franklin County profiles a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. As the growing season fades, we bid adieu to many of ...

“The trees are God’s great alphabet: with them He writes in shining green across the world His thoughts serene.” — Leonora Speyer. “The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best ...

Q: Can you help me figure out what’s likely going on with this river birch tree? The tree has been dropping leaves incessantly since about April/May, hundreds per day. Should this tree be dropping its ...

In this edition of ID That Tree, meet River Birch. As its name implies, it is often found near waterways and in moist soil areas across the state of Indiana. It can be multi-stemmed, often in ...

The classic and trusted book “Fifty Common Trees of Indiana” by T.E. Shaw was published in 1956 as a user-friendly guide to local species. Nearly 70 years later, the publication has been updated ...

Summer heat is relentless, and as temperatures continue to climb across much of North America, more homeowners are rethinking ...