A fun, easy-to-use tree identification booklet is available from the nonprofit Arbor Day Foundation. The booklet — "What Tree Is That?" — helps people identify trees in a simple, step-by-step process.

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.

Ever wonder about the age of that beautiful tree growing in your parkway? A chart from The Morton Arboretum can help. “That large tree in your front yard is a venerable giant that needs to be ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Tree species and their names are a product of a two-part plant naming system ...

Learn how to identify the hornbeam tree, from its smooth bark and serrated leaves to its hop-like seed clusters and tough wood.

An identification guide that lists many trees that flourish across the Indian subcontinent, Trees of South India highlights the country’s awe-inspiring and fast depleting biodiversity “The trees that ...