Identifying trees in winter relies heavily on buds and bark as leaves, flowers, and fruits are usually not available.

However, black locusts have a distinctive profile you can learn to identify. Start with the bark. Mature black locust trees have deeply furrowed, dark gray or brown bark that looks rugged and gnarly.

the stuff that covers branches and tree trunks, otherwise known as bark, may take the biggest bite out of our botanical observations. Crape myrtle is probably the most popular flowering tree in ...

Protected underneath that covering is an insect with what we call piercing/sucking mouthparts. As they live under the hard shell, they are free to feed upon your plant. A few of these insects is not a ...

This process cleanses the tree of pollution that has been stored in the outer bark. The plane tree is monoecious ... a key characteristic that occurs only in this species and helps with identification ...