Many coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia) trees are showing unusual browning in their canopies in the last month or two. If you look carefully, you may see small, crescent-shaped galls forming on the ...

Tom Oder is a writer, editor, and communication expert who specializes in sustainability and the environment with a sweet spot for urban agriculture. John Manion is a guy who know his plants. That's ...

Oak trees are stately trees that can live for hundreds of years. These are the most common types of native oak trees that ...

Despite the fact that we describe live oaks as evergreen, they drop their leaves every year in late February or early March. I guess we still call them evergreens because the transition happens so ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Willow oak (Quercus phellos) is a deciduous, common oak tree. A member of the ...

Q. I have a large number of oak leaves that have accumulated in my yard after this last round of storms. I would like to compost them but have been told they are toxic to microorganisms and they ...