The city’s parks department this week unveiled a new “mini forest” on a formerly little-used lot on the Williamsburg ...

The $24,000 cost of the 2025 tree giveaways is being paid for using a $16,500 NeoGraf grant and a $7,500 Healthy Lakewood ...

Landscaping under any tree can be challenging, thanks to the dense shade cast by the branches and the abundance of thick roots in the soil. But black walnut trees (Juglans nigra) seem to be in a ...

Beech trees often come in clusters, as the matriarch sprouts dense groves, producing nuts that are a nutritious staple of ...

Playing larval host to moths and offering seeds to birds, this shade tree that can grow 40 feet wide provides immense wildlife benefits, albeit messily. Black tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica), or black gum, ...

The tree honors Erie's ecological past while also acknowledging the challenges we could face in the future. The Black Gum Tupelo is heat tolerant, adapts better to a warming climate than other native ...

black gum trees. "The trees will go in a hurry," he warned. Saturday's event is the second tree giveaway in Kridler's memory Leigh Mainwaring, chairwoman of the Alliance Shade Tree Commission ...

Black oak generally grows to about 80 feet tall, but like the willow oak, some can grow to be 100 feet tall. The crown of the tree is spreading, which makes this a good shade tree. The bark of a ...

(Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University via AP) This October 2006 image provided by The Morton Arboretum shows the leaves of a black gum, aka black tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica) tree, displaying fall hues ...

Sweetgum is a rapid-growing, large shade tree with upright pyramidal ... Sweetgum gets its name from aromatic gum that oozes from wounds to the tree. Historically, this gum has been used for ...