Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Trees are among the earth's most useful and beautiful products of nature.

This common tree planting mistake with the root flare limits the air circulation the roots receive, making the tree more susceptible to disease and death.

Only a very small percentage of a dormant mature tree is biologically living. The rest of the tree is composed of non-living, structural wood cells. This means that very little of a tree's woody ...

Trees’ inner heartwood harbors methane-producing microbes adapted to oxygen-poor swamps and cow guts ...

Dendrochronology is the practice of using tree rings to determine the age of a tree. But tree rings have a lot more to tell ...

I have a small pin oak tree that is turning black for a few feet at the base of the trunk. The bark looks open, and yellow jackets and other insects are flying around it. Is this something that I can ...