Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Botanical markers and tree characteristics should be used when identifying a ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Trees are among the earth's most useful and beautiful products of nature.

The Arbor Day Foundation has a book that helps people identify trees in a simple, step-by-step process. The book, “What Tree Is That?,” is available for a $5 donation to the nonprofit tree-planting ...

Columbia University, the University of Maryland and the Smithsonian Institution have pooled their expertise to create the world’s first plant identification mobile app using visual search—Leafsnap.

Every species of tree has unique characteristics, from its bark to its leaves, that you can use as clues to identify it—without using the internet. Beyond using this knowledge as a party trick to ...

In this edition of ID That Tree, Purdue Extension forester Lenny Farlee goes over leaf characteristics to look for when attempting to identify broadleaved deciduous trees in Indiana. He shares the ...

Ever wonder about the age of that beautiful tree growing in your parkway? A chart from The Morton Arboretum can help. “That large tree in your front yard is a venerable giant that needs to be ...

Not all the trees in this guide are native to Ireland, but most are. Our island has a small suite of native trees compared with continental Europe. The meticulous classification of each species in the ...