Celebrating Our National Tree Round IV: Swamp White Oak
The United States of America is a unique, goofy place and Fourth of July seems to bring about a universal patriotic mood – especially in our Nation’s Capital! While eagles …
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Celebrating Our National Tree Round III: Red Oak
The United States of America is a unique, goofy place and Fourth of July seems to bring about a universal patriotic mood – especially in our Nation’s Capital! While eagles …
Tree of the Month: Sassafras
Fun to say and beneficial to our urban forests, introducing Sassafras albidum, better known simply as the Sassafras. This deciduous tree is captivating for a number of reasons, including its …
Tree of the Month: Kentucky Coffeetree
Tree of the Month was a monthly feature way back when. Since there are so many beneficial and special trees we didn’t get to share, we’re bringing it back to …
Tree of the Month: Black Locust
The Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) is an enigma, a tree of contradictions with both great beauty and utility and yet condemned by many to the list of “weed trees.” I …
Tree of the Month: Ginkgo Biloba
It’s 1945 in Hiroshima, Japan. At the Anraku-Ji Temple the sun is shining and a quiet breeze wafts through the halls lifting the scent of candles and ceremonial incense to …
Tree of the Month: Fig
With 800 species in the family, Ficus (or the fig tree) is by far the largest genus in the Moraceae, and is one of the largest genera of flowering plants you’ll find. …
Tree of the Month: Persimmon
The American persimmon, first documented in Virginia in 1609 by the English captain John Smith and later named Diospyros virginiana, is native to the majority of the Eastern and Midwestern …
Tree of the Month: Norway Maple
co-written by Stephanie Juchs & Dr. Jessica Sanders It’s a story all too common in American cities. A tree imported from elsewhere seems to take the rigors of urban life …
Tree of the Month: Tree of Heaven
“There’s a tree that grows in Brooklyn. Some people call it the Tree of Heaven. No matter where its seed falls, it makes a tree which struggles to reach the …
Tree of the Month: Catalpa
‘You know, that cigar tree…’ is a very common refrain, usually followed by that often all-knowing nod. But they aren’t really cigars! The familiar string-bean like fruit capsule, paired with …
Tree of the Month: Japanese Cryptomeria
The Japanese Cryptomeria (Cryptomeria; known in Japan as Sugi – 杉) is a unique specimen. A conifer, it is the only tree in the cypress genus Cryptomeria and it is …
Tree of the Month: Serviceberry
Let us take a trip through the seasons with the serviceberry (Amelanchier sp.) In early spring, before most plants have shown signs of life, the long and slender pink-red buds …
Tree of the Month: Hackberry
The hackberry has for centuries lived a life of unassuming existence – a wonderful shade provider from the Elm family with its shares of upsides and downsides – that no …
Tree of the Month: River Birch
Birches are generally known as trees of the north. One species claims the title of Finland’s national tree (Finland is a very cold country) and certain birches can be dominate …