Golden brown in the fall, this tree is widely native to eastern North America and is common in Ohio, per ODNR. You might be able to spot this tree by its steely white bark. 9.

We see it all in the Plant Clinic, and this summer we’ve been seeing a lot of Acanthococcus lagerstroemiae or crapemyrtle bark scale. This invasive insect from southeast Asia first appeared in ...

Examining the bark, such as when you wrap your arms around it and give it a big hug, is another way to identify a tree. Bark has a few different classifications: Scaly bark is overlapping and ...

Even if you don’t root for the Scarlet and Gray on the football field, you may want to add some Ohio lore to your landscape, as the buckeye has been the state tree of Ohio since 1953, when it ...