The best way to start learning how to identify trees is to spend time in the field with an expert who’s familiar with your area’s flora and can teach you identification skills. Look for courses and ...

ALBION Join the Orleans County Master Gardeners for Basic Tree Identification at 6 p.m. Oct. 19. Bring the whole family and enjoy a walk through the Orleans County Cornell Cooperative Extension s ...

Training one’s eye to identify trees is a fun way to connect with the world around us and can be useful for making home landscape selections. Trees are often identified using leaf shape and color, ...

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 ...