Eastern red cedars are actually junipers, Juniperus virginiana. Junipers have male and female flowers on separate trees. Right now, the female trees are almost bluish with thousands and thousands of ...

We asked our friends at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden to spotlight something fascinating from the ground up. Lynn Jackson Kirk tells us about a tree so common and versatile that we might take it for ...

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 ...

Editor’s note: This column was produced before Gene Wengert died in 2025. It is printed here in memoriam. Q. Why do we here in Virginia see so many eastern red cedar trees along fence lines? Do they ...

Since Friday, fires have burned through thousands of acres, destroyed hundreds of homes, and have taken at least four lives. Dry conditions, high winds, and one Oklahoma tree have fanned the flames. Q ...

An over-population of Eastern red cedar trees is like a cancer to the rangeland—aggressive, widespread and time-consuming to eradicate. Landowners in the High Plains have fought these encroaching ...

Those cedar trees that seem harmless and picturesque can quickly take over a pasture. Ranchers and farmers have to work to keep the upper hand on them. A seminar taking place this week at the career ...