Tree of heaven is highly invasive and incredibly difficult to eradicate. Learn how to control ailanthus and manage its unchecked spread.

From beloved to banished, cities and states are outlawing cultivars of the Callery pear, a popular, yet highly invasive, ...

Could this tree be a locust, even though it’s blooming white flowers? — M.C., Albuquerque A: It sounds to me like you’ve stumbled upon a black locust tree (Robinia pseudoacacia). This tree ...

I have the perfect example of right plant, wrong place: the black locust trees marching like a green army across the beautiful meadow on our family farm in Maryland. Don't get me wrong. I love these ...

Certain hummingbird-friendly trees are known to slip free of their cultivated boundaries, displace native vegetation, and wreak havoc on the local ecosystem. Mimosa, horse chestnut, and rose of Sharon ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Trees are among the earth's most useful and beautiful products of nature.

For just over a week every May, clusters of fragrant cream-colored flowers hang like fragile grapes from the branches of black locust trees. Perhaps a lesser-known tree species in Indiana relative ...

The Black Locust tree is indeed a beautiful tree, but are the problems worth the beauty? Interestingly enough, while this tree is indeed native to North America, it is considered invasive outside of ...

Honey locust and black locust trees have large ... Before your next winter hike in the woods, check out a tree identification book or download a tree identification app on your phone.