The classic and trusted book “Fifty Common Trees of Indiana” by T.E. Shaw was published in 1956 as a user-friendly guide to local species. Nearly 70 years later, the publication has been updated ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Leaves of a swamp chestnut oak - Sarah Macor/Shutterstock If there's a swampy corner in your backyard, the swamp chestnut oak ...

Have you ever noticed that oak forests tend to have much more leaf litter on the ground than other forests? This is because oak leaves decompose at a much slower rate than most other leaves. Oaks, ...