A volunteer hickory is growing in my backyard. No human planted it. Likely a squirrelly did the delightful deed. The rodent buried it where sun-loving prairie plants were growing, which means as th… ...

Hickory trees are more adaptable. Pine trees just are not good stress tolerators, so they’re more sustainable to drought and insect infestation. Erickson said it was important is to check pine ...

Pine trees, as with any typical conifer, keep their needles all year. Deciduous trees, such as maple, birch, or hickory, drop ...

Looking up shagbark hickory in my tree guide, I found little mention of what to me is one of their most alluring features: the new leaves as they un-crumple in the spring.