I usually rely upon leaves to identify most tree species, so winter tree identification can be difficult. The chestnut oak bark is rugged and monochromatic that is gray and thick-ridged.

The bark may be its tell-tale characteristic. Unlike other members of the white oak group, the bark of Chestnut oak bark chestnut oak is dark and deeply ridged. The fruit of the chestnut oak is a ...

One was a chestnut oak, the other a black oak, and they had grown tall in each other's shelter over many decades. Want easy home advice delivered right to your phone?

The tree was definitely not a chestnut oak, which is easily recognized by its extremely "rugged," deeply grooved bark.

Consider white oak, Shumard oak and swamp chestnut oak for their stunning fall color. Mature white oak and swamp chestnut oak also have attractive light gray shaggy bark.

Chestnut are our tallest oaks — there is one giant in Yarmouth that is listed on the Maine register of big trees as reaching 90 feet. The final oak that I have personally identified is the bear ...

Q: I have a house in Houston. Does blooming of tropical trees like Bauhinia, Erythrina and Tabebuia depend on their age or size? I plant these trees in the ground. They freeze. They come back but ...

After a monthlong contest, this girthy chestnut oak was named the District's king tree.

Four billion American chestnut trees were killed by a deadly fungus. In the quest for its revival, can scientists learn to build a better tree?

The beetles crawl through damaged spots in a tree and lay their larvae inside, which feed on the inner layers, essential for growth and production.

Oak trees around Minnesota have suffered from bouts of heavy precipitation and drought — conditions that make them more vulnerable to two-lined chestnut borer, a beetle that eats the inner bark ...