One thing I love about living in the age of the internet is that old students can keep in touch much more easily than when I was young-via email or social media. Recently a highlight in this kind of ...

I recently received the following questions about plants. Q. Can you tell me what could have made lumps on the trunk of a tree my wife and I found in the Smokies? The lumps range from baseball-size to ...

I’ve had my eye on this maple in my woods for some time. Not because it’s a beautiful timber tree. It’s only about 8 inches in diameter, after all. But it has an interesting burl about 14 feet up the ...

As you glance up into tree limbs, perhaps searching for some sign of spring in a swelling flower bud, your sight might be arrested by fat, rounded growths on the bark. On some trees, these hard, woody ...

Many people share a love of trees for their shade, their greenery, their beauty — which is why outrage is often the reaction when they're maliciously cut down. Such incidents are more common than ...