Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Trees are among the earth's most useful and beautiful products of nature.

To help arborists, landscapers and others hone their tree identification skills, University of Nevada, Reno Extension is offering an Introduction to Tree ID: A Seasonal Guide. This series is tailored ...

If you've ever wondered what type of tree was nearby but didn't have a guide book, a new smartphone app allows users with no formal training to satisfy their curiosity and contribute to science at the ...

Columbia University, the University of Maryland and the Smithsonian Institution have pooled their expertise to create the world’s first plant identification mobile app using visual search—Leafsnap.

Learn nut tree identification and nut identification for acorns, beechnuts, chestnuts and chinquapins, black walnuts, butternuts, hickory nuts, pecans, and pine nuts. For centuries we humans have ...

UNION COUNTY — Tree steward Dean Talcott and Union County arborist Kevin Reddington stop along the leaf-blanketed path in Lenape Park to consider a thin gray trunk rising upward into a bursting canopy ...