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.

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Botanical markers and tree characteristics should be used when identifying a ...

Nature and gadget lovers, this one's for you: a mobile app that lets you ID the species of any leaf or tree while you're out on the trail or taking a walk in the park. The app, called Leafsnap, uses a ...

Columbia University, the University of Maryland and the Smithsonian Institution have pooled their expertise to create the world’s first plant identification mobile app using visual search—Leafsnap.

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Stacker used information from forestry and landscaping sites to compile a quiz to identify trees by looking at their leaves.

In this edition of ID That Tree, Purdue Extension forester Lenny Farlee takes us through the different characteristics of Hoptree, a relatively common shrub here in Indiana. This is a unique native ...

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CLEVELAND, Ohio - Some streets are covered in an orange sea of leaves, while other trees and lawns are still a glossy green. So what gives? Why is the falling of leaves so scattered? It comes down to ...