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The tree looked good last year, but not so good this year. The tree was full of buds earlier this spring and leaves started coming out, but they have stopped.

Our local forests have far fewer oak trees than were present in the 1800s and yet, of all our native trees, the oak tree is ...

Anecdotal evidence has long shown that oak trees can act as a line of defense against spreading blazes. Now, the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden is trying to prove that native oaks can be used for fuel ...

White oaks (Quercus alba) are durable, large canopied, long-lived trees that grow slowly and are common in southern Wisconsin ...

In the fall, a middle-aged man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of leaves. Raking them, mainly, but also wondering why his neighbor’s oak tree is shedding such freaking gigantic leaves.

Well, our two native Live Oak Trees, the Canyon live oak and the interior Live Oak are both evergreen. They have shiny green leaves which have “spikes” along the leaf edges much like a Holly leaf.

“It was sort of astonishing.” The tree stood 30 feet tall. Its leaves were thick, like cardboard, their undersides fuzzy with a soft down botanists call pubescence.