Few average Joes can correctly identify every species of oak growing in North America. That’s the kind of Final Jeopardy-level knowledge typically reserved for foresters, wildlife biologists, and very ...

Oak trees have been around for more than 50 million years, with individual trees easily living 1,000 years. One of the oldest oak trees in the U.S. is believed to be at least 2,624 years old. The ...

This year’s annual acorn survey shows the state’s white oaks once again failed to produce any significant acorn numbers.

White oak (Quercus alba) is important economically, ecologically, and culturally. However, the species currently faces a ...

Consider oaks — especially the northern red oak — Minnesota’s second act for leaf-peeping. After sumac and maples retire their fiery reds, oaks add scarlet, maroon and mahogany to the landscape.