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.

To properly manage a tree, you need to know what species it is. Plus, tree identification is a lot of fun. Knowing a tree’s species is key to understanding their proper growing conditions, how to ...

Trees can be identified in winter by observing their needles, bark, branching patterns, and buds. Distinctive bark, such as ...

Hybrid fruit trees are often hardier. They can also produce delicious fruit in more abundance than their parents. That's a ...

In 2000, a group of STRI botanists collected samples of all the plants from the genus Clusia they could find in Panama to ...

First, select a species that will match the conditions and limitations of the desired planting site, often referred to as “right plant, right place.” ...

An Australian tree now bears the evocative nickname "zombie." This term describes the peculiar fate of Rhodamnia zombi, a recently named species, which persists biologically but has lost its ...