Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Orchidpoet/ Getty Images Hickory trees are one of the most important hardwood trees in North America. Hickory isn't one single ...

Did you know that pecan is a relative of the native bitternut hickory? Purdue Extension forester Lenny Farlee shares more about this species, which features relatively narrow leaflets, strong sulphur ...

It’s exciting to see the buds on trees swelling, each ready to burst into bloom with fresh flowers or foliage when Mother Nature says it’s time. Learning to recognize deciduous trees and shrubs when ...

A volunteer hickory is growing in my backyard. No human planted it. Likely a squirrelly did the delightful deed. The rodent buried it where sun-loving prairie plants were growing, which means as the ...

In Hamden, west of Farm Brook Reservoir, is a meadow. Once the meadow belonged to dairy farmer Harold Hansen but the State of Connecticut, having engineered the reservoir as a watershed more than 40 ...

On an unusually warm day in late February at the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, the snow beneath the oak and nut trees is littered with squirrel and wild turkey tracks. It’s quiet ...

A meeting between the City of Brampton and TransCanada Corp. on Aug. 20 has put to rest a case of mistaken identity. Last week, The Guardian reported that Brampton’s regional councillor Paul Palleschi ...