The bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) is a noble native tree. This oak has large (5- to 9-inch-long), dark-green leaves. The base fiddle-shaped leaves have deep, rounded sinuses. The acorns are most ...

The classic and trusted book “Fifty Common Trees of Indiana” by T.E. Shaw was published in 1956 as a user-friendly guide to local species. Nearly 70 years later, the publication has been updated ...

Editor's note: Once a month, the OSU Extension master gardener's office of Franklin County profiles a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. Native plant landscapes are increasingly promoted to ...

A massive bur oak that had lived through hundreds of years of storms, droughts and human development finally succumbed to Friday’s powerful winds. The “famous” tree, off Harrodsburg Road near Military ...

Columbia's beloved bur oak tree was struck by lighting and caught fire Friday morning. Martina Pounds, a captain at Boone County Fire Protection District, said there was active fire when firefighters ...

Dead trees line the Salt Creek and Platte River near Mahoney State Park in June 2025. Horticulturists with the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission were stumped when they started seeing significant ...

Plano's bur oak tree in Bob Woodruff Park South is estimated to be more than 400 years old. The tree has received special treatment and pruning to help keep it thriving. Photo courtesy of city of ...

Missouri's champion bur oak — known by many simply as "the big tree" in Boone County — was seared by a lightning strike Friday morning. Passers-by shot video of the tree's nearly 24-foot circumference ...

MCBAINE - The Big Bur Oak Tree is now considered a Boone County Historical Site, making it the only tree in the county to hold that designation. "My father is on the historical committee for the ...

Sewickley officials have ensured the legacy of retired borough arborist Jim Edson will last for centuries to come. Current and former members of the Shade Tree Commission, as well as other elected ...

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