Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Orchidpoet/ Getty Images Hickory trees are one of the most important hardwood trees in North America. Hickory isn't one single ...

Most of the colorful leaves have fallen off our deciduous trees. But that doesn’t mean the beauty of trees is gone. Now you can explore other interesting and colorful attributes of trees – the bark, ...

I was walking the trails at York Land Trusts’ Hilton Farm last week. There is a beautiful spot there where the sun glints off the river and floods the woods with light. On that particular day the sun ...

The Geauga Soil and Water Conservation District recently unveiled this year’s focus of the Geauga County Big Tree Contest and is currently seeking nominations. This contest seeks to promote the beauty ...

A volunteer hickory is growing in my backyard. No human planted it. Likely a squirrelly did the delightful deed. The rodent buried it where sun-loving prairie plants were growing, which means as the ...

CHAGRIN FALLS, Ohio -- Add searching for and identifying trees to your summer list of outdoor activities. The search is on through Sept. 8 to find the biggest shagbark hickory tree in Geauga County.

One doesn’t expect to outlive a tree. Our clocks tick at a different pace. Yet it happens, and sometimes it’s almost like a death in the family. The old shagbark hickory beside our driveway is that ...

Dear Master Gardner: My cousin in southern Minnesota has an old shagbark hickory tree and the bark is so beautiful! Is this a native tree and will it grow in north central Minnesota? Answer: Shagbark ...