Waiting until the leaves drop in fall is a rule of thumb for pruning shade trees, mainly because you can see bare limbs better, and the job is less “messy” without leaves attached to the cut branches.

Michigan, there have been multiple confirmed reports of oak wilt in Isabella, Clare, and Gratiot counties. Even more cases ...

It’s less than a half-inch long but it can fell a giant oak tree in no time. The goldspotted oak borer, GSOB or Agrilus auroguttatus, is a 0.4-inch bullet-shaped beetle with six golden spots on its ...

If you are due to prune your oak trees, scheduling tree work for the winter months can make a huge difference in preventing oak wilt in your community, according to ReLeaf Michigan. Oak wilt is spread ...

“Old Glory,” a roughly 400-year-old Valley Oak tree in Stevenson Ranch, became a Los Angeles County Historic Landmark this week. Why it matters: But it wasn’t always a walk in the park to protect the ...

In September, many residents became aware that one of these Heritage Valley Oak trees was cut down in the middle of a large vacant parcel at the southeast corner of Bourne Drive and Gum Avenue in ...

If you're stacking firewood against trees—especially oak—stop doing it. While this example shows cedar juniper, the warning is mainly about oak. Dead oak wood can still carry oak wilt, a disease that ...

As Veterans Day approaches, here’s the story of a lost memorial oak of Lancaster and the search for what remains.

SHREVEPORT, La. -- It's a tree, a very old, massive Southern live oak. There are some who say its branches were used for hangings, and worse, public lynchings. That tree on the Milam Street side of ...

From the moment she first saw the white oak tree standing at the far end of her backyard, Erin Drakeley knew it was special. “I think the tree’s grandness stands out,” she said. “It’s a focal point of ...

While, to many, fall is as good a season as any other, it can be the worst for those who are prone to oak leaf itch mites. These are commonly known to feed on larvae of an oak gall midge (fly) that ...