Botanists use the flower of a tree to identify it to scientific name, genus and species. Some of us can identify a tree by its leaves; for example, the buckeye with its compound leaves with five ...

Every year when spring officially arrives, people spend more time in the great outdoors as the season gears up. Whether you’re looking for help identifying plants along your morning hike or designing ...

How can you tell it's a dogwood tree? By it's bark, of course. Long before dogwoods sprout their tell-tale blossoms in spring, wanderers in the barren woods identify these small understory trees by ...

An Iowa big tree hunter takes measurements of the an Atlantic white cedar tree on the grounds at Brucemore in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Wednesday, March 16, 2022. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette) ...

Training one’s eye to identify trees is a fun way to connect with the world around us and can be useful for making home landscape selections. Trees are often identified using leaf shape and color, ...