Many plants are poisonous to humans and animals alike, which is why it’s important to spot them before it’s too late. As more people venture outside to enjoy warm weather, knowing how to identify and ...

Oak trees have been around for more than 50 million years, with individual trees easily living 1,000 years. One of the oldest oak trees in the U.S. is believed to be at least 2,624 years old. The ...

Many coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia) trees are showing unusual browning in their canopies in the last month or two. If you look carefully, you may see small, crescent-shaped galls forming on the ...

Few average Joes can correctly identify every species of oak growing in North America. That’s the kind of Final Jeopardy-level knowledge typically reserved for foresters, wildlife biologists, and very ...

Purdue Landscape Report: Each spring the PPDL receives several samples of oak trees showing curled, twisted, stunted and/or generally ratty looking leaves. When there are holes in the leaves or leaf ...

Live oak leaves have fallen over a long season this year. The cold weather following a dry autumn may have contributed to the early leaf drop experienced in some landscapes. Those leaves are a ...

Fall is when trees are starting to slow down. Soon we will be raking leaves and dreaming about the pleasant weather just around the corner. While we are outside working around our landscape trees, ...

ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 29 (UPI) --Scientists in Florida have confirmed what some citrus growers suspected for years -- that oak trees could inhibit citrus greening disease, which has brought the once ...

Oak leaf itch mites, tiny pests that feed on cicada eggs and oak midge fly larvae, can cause itchy rashes in humans. Symptoms of oak leaf itch mite bites include intense itching, rashes, and ...

You don’t have to hunt deer for very long to realize that oak trees and the acorns they drop each fall are hugely important to deer. If fact, most hunters know that the majority oak trees fall into ...