The oak is often a symbol of solidity and permanence, but the secret of the tree’s success may be in its ability to adapt and ...

Oct. 14 (UPI) --For the first time, scientists sequenced the genome of the entire oak family -- surveying the DNA of some 260 oak species. The undertaking revealed the unique history and ...

All oaks belong to the beech tree family but do not look like a beech tree. About 70 oak species grow to tree size in North America. Red Oak Tree Group . Anlace/Wikimedia Commons.

Willow oak (Quercus phellos) is a deciduous, common oak tree.A member of the red oak family, this tree has a dense, usually rounded crown and simple, linear leaves.

While galls do not typically kill an oak tree, a lot of galls can weaken a tree, causing it to be more susceptible to other insects or diseases. The love vine The story of the wasp and oak galls ...

The red-oak family includes northern red oak (Quercus rubra), scarlet oak (Quercus coccinea), shingle oak (Quercus imbricaria), Shumard oak (Quercus shumardii), and the long-popular home-landscape ...

On this edition of ID That Tree, meet a species of native Indiana oak from the broad red/black oak family, which is found in bottomlands and areas with imperfectly drained soil, the Pin Oak. This ...