Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Leaf shapes play an important role in tree identification, providing ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Leaves are the food factories of the tree. Powered by sunlight, the ...

Come along as we look through real examples of shape, scales, leaf and branches of various local trees. The featured species include Eastern red cedarwood, Northern white cedar, and more. If you have ...

The squiggly trunks and branches of Black Locust stand out in the winter landscape. Photos by Katie Finch Leaves are probably the most common feature used to identify trees. But in winter, when so ...

At right is a leaf more typical of cooler weather, from a sweetgum tree in the Mid-Atlantic. Besides the overall shape and vein structure, the thickness of the leaf — think leathery magnolia vs.

Buds can have very distinctive shapes ... last year’s clues — nuts and downed leaves. Before your next winter hike in the woods, check out a tree identification book or download a tree ...

Two physicists from the Technical University of Denmark have found that leaf shape is a determining factor in the distance leaves travel as they fall from their tree. In their paper published in the ...

typically small deciduous tree up to 80 ft. (24.4 m) in height and 6 ft. (1.8 m) in diameter. It has large, heart-shaped leaf scars on the twigs. The bark is smooth with lenticels and light grey, ...

Use the tree-spotting guide to identify it together and let them write the tree's name next to it. Take a fallen leaf to stick it to your child's investigation, or help them to do a rubbing of one ...