CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Perhaps the most common question when choosing plants for a Northeast Ohio is whether they are deer-resistant. Unfortunately, the answer is usually “it depends,” both on the time of ...

Ants have been seen healing wounded trees in Panama—behavior that is believed to have never been observed before. When holes were drilled into Cecropia tree trunks, the ants emerged from their homes ...

“Every wound a tree receives in its lifetime is recorded in the wood,” Alex Shigo said in his “New Tree Biology Dictionary” (Shigo and Trees, Associates, 1986). I would add: Wounds are also recorded ...

When the debris is removed from your property, the damage to the remaining trees and shrubs becomes clear. The Aug. 10 derecho sliced through tall canopy trees with 1 foot to 3 feet diameter trunks, ...

Howard Garrett I usually do not use pruning paint of any kind on my trees. Research by arborists has shown that pruning paint and wound dressings give little help and can be actually be harmful to the ...

Question: We have a large 60+ foot mulberry tree in our backyard that is located by our pond. This is the first year I have seen these dark streaks on the bark of the tree. Should I have concerns?

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is urging people to pause any pruning of oak trees to help stop the spread of a deadly tree disease. The risk of oak wilt, an invasive fungal disease that ...

In 2023, our FNR Extension website featured stories on topics ranging from wildlife identification, concerns in forestry, urban forestry issues and aquaculture how-to guides. Here are the top stories ...

I live on what would be called a wooded lot, and we have quite a few large trees. So often when we are thinking about our landscape — ornamentals, perennials, annuals, groundcovers, flowers and ...