It’s an early morning in late summer, and as commuters zip down Rock Creek Parkway—through its thick canopy of American beech, oak, and tulip poplar—one man is slowly circling a massive oak tree, ...

Chevy Chase DC lost a neighborhood fixture on Monday: a gargantuan oak tree thought to be older than the United States. Located on a private property on the 2800 block of Northampton Street, Northwest ...

JENNINGS COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) A swamp chestnut oak tree in Jennings County has been recognized as the largest of the species in the country by the National Champion Tree program, according to a press ...

Iowa is known as the king of corn but lately, there also appears to be a bumper crop of acorns. Anyone who’s taken a walk near oak trees has crunched across many hundreds of the dime-sized seeds with ...

More than two dozen species of oak are native to North Carolina. But with a quick glance and some context clues, Luke Ferreira and Spencer Cain can identify pretty much all of them. Not to mention ...

DAPHNE, Ala. (WKRG) — The largest Champion Oak tree in the state of Alabama was destroyed by the storms. City of Daphne Mayor Robin LeJeune said it’s unfortunate to lose something so historic to the ...

If you missed the annual Big Tree Hunt put on by the New Jersey Forest Service this spring, the mammoth specimen you thought might be a contender is worth keeping an eye on. The event challenges New ...

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) needs the public’s help to update The Big Tree Registry, a list of the largest known specimen of each native tree species in Indiana. “Indiana’s ...

Have you ever noticed a tree that had an unusually large trunk? Or a canopy so expansive it seemed perhaps majestic. If so, it is possible you were looking at a tree that has been bestowed the title ...

A hundred years ago, Maryland’s first state forester, Fred Besley, issued a challenge to residents: Go out in the woods and find the biggest tree you can. Then collect its measurements and send them ...

Amy Beth Miller amybeth.miller@thedailytimes.com Jan 1, 2024 Jan 1, 2024 For Lisa Boring, the knock on her door Saturday, Dec. 23, was an answer to her prayers. Giant oak trees that once attracted her ...