Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. The black cherry or Prunus serotina is a species in the subgenus Padus with ...

The good news is if the Eastern tent caterpillars were responsible in some way for this spring's outbreak of foal loss, that they are gone now, cocooned and growing into the next generation of moths.

Black cherry is a venerable species often overlooked in our woods and gardens. Black cherry trees don't reach the dimensions of walnut trees, nor do they have the longevity of oaks. What they lack in ...

When state forester Randy Schindle and his wife were walking their dog in Seven Mile Creek Park this spring, he spotted a tree he thought might be special. He took some preliminary measurements of the ...