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 ...

Oak, the genus Quercus, is bumped into, climbed up in, sat under and fed upon by many during fall hunting, hiking, firewood cutting and photographing sessions. Years ago, one author wrote that “White ...

Fall is here, and so are acorns, falling from oak trees into yards everywhere. Viable acorns can be grown into oak trees, if properly handled. A: It’s common for the acorn crop on oak trees to vary ...

Our daughter, Sarah, gave Pam and I four grandchildren. The first two, Alyssa, twelve, and Lane, ten, are ordinary enough, but the last two are cut a little bit differently. Colt, three, I think was ...

You and your family can collect bur oak acorns as a fun science activity. This fall the Dakota Science Center is helping the Cornell Lab of Ornithology by participating in the Bur Oak acorn collection ...

As we move through September, trees become more showy, and the greenery that was with us all summer is exchanged for the yellows, reds, and oranges of fall. It is hard not to notice trees at this time ...