Oak trees have been around for more than 50 million years, with individual trees easily living 1,000 years. One of the oldest oak trees in the U.S. is believed to be at least 2,624 years old. The ...

Chevy Chase DC lost a neighborhood fixture on Monday: a gargantuan oak tree thought to be older than the United States. Located on a private property on the 2800 block of Northampton Street, Northwest ...

Hundreds waited in line for more than two hours Saturday for a chance to get a live-edge slab of Montgomery County, Maryland, history. At this year’s annual Urban Wood Sale, Montgomery County Parks ...

Waiting until the leaves drop in fall is a rule of thumb for pruning shade trees, mainly because you can see bare limbs better, and the job is less “messy” without leaves attached to the cut branches.

Black oak (Quercus velutina) is a deciduous, medium-to-large oak tree is commonly found in the eastern half of the United States. A black oak tree can be identified by its bark and leaves. The bark is ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. An oak tree is one of the most common species of trees in the Northern ...