Of the 3 trillion trees on Earth, two southern live oaks in particular stand out to me. The McDonogh Oak in New Orleans’ City Park is more than 800 years old, long enough to reach back to the ...

An Arizona madrone tree along the Bug Spring Trail in the Catalinas, from the book "Mountain Trees of Southern Arizona" by Tucsonan Frank Rose. The tree can live for 200 to 250 years.

The hearty live oaks The southern live oak is one of the most wind resilient tree species in the country, Evans said. Thanks to mass damping, oak trees are able to react with the wind, moving ...