Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Opposite leaves are just what they sound like: the leaves, whether ...

The difference is that red oak trees have more severely lobed leaves and larger acorns. Plus, the inner bark is reddish rather than black oak's yellowish color. Black oak trees can be found as ...

White oak leaves typically sport gently lobed leaves with no sharp points or ... sports a thick bark with sharp crevices that make it look like the tree is wearing a fur coat.

Each week, the Intro to Trees of Indiana web series will offer a sneak ... the Black Oak or Quercus velutina. The leaves of black oak are multi-lobed, typically with seven lobes, with deep sinuses in ...

In my front yard, the brown leaves of witch hazel hang on even as the buds are preparing to open into blooms. At Lakewood Forest Preserve near Wauconda, a shingle oak tree stands in the parkway ...

Jessica Jones, an arborist with San Antonio Tree Surgeons, said the best way to identify oak wilt is by examining the leaves of a live oak. Jones said the leaves are the last symptom and sometimes ...

The acorns of the cork oak have a distinctive fringed cap, smooth chestnut skin and characteristic green mark at the bottom, and the tree’s shiny, deep green, loosely-lobed leaves are attractive.