BASKING RIDGE, N.J.-- At the Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church in Basking Ridge, New Jersey -- they don’t need stained glass to make their windows breathtaking. Parishioner John Klippel says that for ...
An Inland Empire city has approved a development project 450 feet away from the third oldest known living organism in the world — a sprawling, shrub-like oak tree that is more than 13,000 years old.
Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Willow oak (Quercus phellos) is a deciduous, common oak tree. A member of the ...
JURUPA VALLEY, CALIF. — At first glance, one of the world’s oldest living organisms doesn’t look like much — a collection of shrubs nestled atop a hill in a rocky gully. But those shrubs are just the ...
Downtown landmark cut down after arborists determined it was a safety hazard.
“It’s a fascinating tree and a very special gem,” wrote Neil Frakes in a recent e-mail to me. Neil is the Vegetation Branch Chief at Joshua Tree National Park. He was writing about a very large and ...
A group of big tree hunters want to know a lot about a black oak tree near Willow Street. Was this big tree a sapling when the Herr House was built nearby in 1719? Why was it spared as the surrounding ...