Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Willow oak (Quercus phellos) is a deciduous, common oak tree.

Did you know that the oak (Quercus) is probably one of most important deciduous trees in Central Europe? It is a habitat for ...

One of Nebraska's oldest trees, a bur oak estimated to be more than 380 years old, has died. The tree, known as the "Old Wolf ...

Black oak (Quercus velutina) is a deciduous, medium-to-large ... of the key characteristics of the black oak tree so you identify it on your next forest exploration. Description Simple leaves ...

What is now the southeastern U.S. was dominated by tropical rain forest ... these trees—pollinated in one year only ripen in the next. Species in the other major lineage, the white oak group ...

Such intense nutrient shortage does not exist in our oak forest, so the experiment more directly tests whether the trees can make ... the world’s “temperate deciduous broadleaf” forests ...

Known as leafy jelly fungus or amber jelly roll (Exidia), it grows on the dead branches of deciduous trees. I find it on the downed branches of a dead oak on the forest floor. Looking more closely ...