Trees can be identified in winter by observing their needles, bark, branching patterns, and buds. Distinctive bark, such as ...

Observing and identifying trees is a type of play that benefits kids in multiple ways. For starters, research has found that simply being around trees improves cognitive development and lowers the ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. If you like to hike or snowshoe in the winter, you might like to learn the names of the trees you see. Do so, and the trees will seem like your friends ...

In this episode of ID That Tree, Purdue Extension forester Lenny Farlee introduces the Paper Birch. This species is found in the North Woods of Northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Few shade trees are as distinctive in the home landscape as birch trees. Their unique bark characteristics, distinctive growth form and graceful delicate foliage are reason alone to feature one or ...

The North Branch Land Trust will host a Bare Tree ID program at 10 a.m. Feb. 21, featuring a walk on the Forest Echo Bird Sanctuary, 400 block of West Center Hill Road, Dallas. The event will feature ...