On this edition of ID That Tree, meet the American hornbeam, also known as the musclewood or the water or blue beech. This native Indiana understory tree stands out due to its gray bark and striations ...

Mar. 7—Sparkling in morning sunlight, the Fenton River rushed alongside a narrow footpath last week that cut through a tangled stand of overhanging musclewood trees. Had our group been kayaking, we ...

A January snowstorm foiled my plan to attend the Nursery & Landscape Association’s National Green Centre conference held in St. Louis. The conference program I’d received a few days before the event ...

Most of our deciduous trees and shrubs of the forest are devoid of leaves, blooms and fruits this time of year. Still, it’s fun and even useful to be able to identify trees and shrubs by their other ...

Sometimes in my wanderings after the leaves are off the trees I come across enormous or otherwise intriguing trees and wonder what they are. Since I'm always walking amongst them, I'd just like to ...