Above: This photo tells an entire story. Taken at Roan Mountain State Park in Tennessee in January, it shows most of the deciduous trees are bare. However, you can easily see the light tan colors of ...

The dark foliage of conifer trees dominates much of our landscape. It gets to be a bit overwhelming at times, so I’m always glad when spring leaf-out brings fresh, bright greens of the deciduous tree ...

Anyone wandering in the woods now is sure to notice that although there are green plants out here, most are far beneath the snow cover. There are some lichens of various colors - green, blue-green, ...

If you want to be a true outdoorsman or woman, and a true survivor, you’ve got to become a plant person. I know, I know—it’s not as cool to walk around with your nose in a book as it is to sling lead ...

Spring is in full bloom and trees are beginning to look green again. Learning how to identify trees in yards, neighborhoods and local parks provides insight into the diversity and relationships found ...

Suppose for a minute that you’re walking down the sidewalk and a passerby stops and asks you to identify the tree growing next to you. What feature of that tree are you going to reference to get the ...

Fall foliage color is produced by deciduous trees and shrubs. Up North, the spectacular fall color has long come and gone. Here in the Deep South, fall color is not as prominent, but we do see some.

In elementary school, most of us learned the basic differences between deciduous and coniferous trees. Deciduous trees have leaves that change color and drop in the fall, and coniferous trees have ...

With last fall's early freeze, many of you are wondering whether your broadleaved trees will live or if they will have to be replaced. The quick answer is, "Yes, most of them will be fine." The ...