Last year was a frustrating pecan year for many – the early first freeze in October caused a lot of shucks to not open up, reducing yields. Pecans are a beautiful tree and a delicious crop but are a ...

Pecan trees and their hickory tree cousin are nutty buddies not from South Carolina. The pecan is the only nut tree native to the United States and is indigenous to North America. It is found along ...

Hickory trees are one of the most important hardwood trees in North America. Hickory isn't one single type of tree; it's a variety of species within the Carya genus. There are about 12 species that ...

The northern pecan tree, Carya illinoinensis, is native to Maryland. While pecans are mostly thought of as a southern tree, they belong to the hardy hickory family, and can thrive and easily survive ...

A huge, centuries-old pecan tree that is a well-known landmark in a small, Georgia town, is set to be cut down, local officials have announced. The tree is estimated to be more than 300-years-old, ...

If you see webs being formed around the tips of branches as well as defoliation under the webbing in your pecan, hickory, persimmon and sweet gum trees, they are probably infested with fall webworms.

One of Bowie’s first city commissioners didn’t just plant the seeds of government in the Washington suburb. He was a pecan fanatic. Thomas P. Littlepage spent 15 years hunting across nine states for ...

BRASELTON, Ga. — A 300-year-old pecan tree once designated as one of the largest in Georgia will soon come down. The town of Braselton announced Monday that the pecan tree located at Mulberry Park has ...

HALL COUNTY, Ga. — What was once one of Georgia’s largest pecan trees is coming down this week. NewsChopper 2 flew over Braselton Monday as arborists started removing the tree off Grand Hickory Drive ...

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 ...

Height ranges from 60 to 120 feet with straight cylindrical boles and diameters of two to three feet. Weight ranges from 45 to 56 pounds per cubic foot with an average weight of 51 pounds. Wood is ...