One of the most important, yet challenging, skills to nail down as a wilderness survivalist is tree identification. Beyond ...

By BROOKE KNICK Soil Conservation Technician Natural Resources Conservation Service Earlier this summer I asked a forester about Buckthorn. I’d heard it was a big problem, but I wasn’t ...

The classic and trusted book “Fifty Common Trees of Indiana” by T.E. Shaw was published ... The alternately held leaves of persimmon are oval shaped with smooth margins, with no lobes or teeth. The ...

Learning to spot just a few of our most common trees, like the english oak, silver birch, or white willow, is great start. Here are the leaves of an english oak, for example… Image caption ...

Focusing on the northeastern states, let's break it down even more and examine some of the most common ... oval-shaped leaves with toothed edges. American basswood is a large deciduous tree ...