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 ...

For thousands of years, one tree species defined the cultural and ecological identity of what is now the American South: the ...

SUSSEX COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Longleaf pine trees, a species native to the landscape in southeastern Virginia, are being restored in a nature preserve. As of now, the only pine trees that remain ...

One of the simplest examples of how plants adapt to ensure that their species survives is found in pine cones. Evergreen trees that produce cones are called conifers. There are more than 600 species ...

Pitch tubes, or nodes of tree sap, which indicate the presence of the southern pine beetle, are visible on a pitch pine tree at the Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge in Shirley in 2014. The beetles, ...