Experts pegged the potential killer at anywhere between 175 and 300 years old and gorgeous – but rotten at the core. If that seems dramatic, it’s because the killer – a massive water oak, 5 feet ...

According to the Alabama Forestry Commission, the Champion Tree program, which is modeled after the American Forests' Big Tree program, honors the largest tree of each species in Alabama. A water oak ...

I have a massive water oak growing in my backyard, estimated to be about 65-70 years old. Recently, I discovered some mushrooms growing out of the base of the trunk and contacted an arborist to ...

I have a water oak in my front yard approximately 70-80 feet tall. It has a "rotten spot" at the base, extending upward 2.5 feet and about 18 inches deep. Large ants are seen circulating about.I don't ...

DEAR JOAN: Our neighborhood in Walnut Creek’s Saranap area has many large old oak trees. These trees and surrounding native landscape support owls, scrub jays, squirrels, raccoons, opossums, ...

The Darwinian Gardener looked attentively at the top of his favorite front yard oak while the guy from the tree service waved a laser pointer around. He was pointing at what looked like a bunch of ...