If there's a swampy corner in your backyard, the swamp chestnut oak (Quercus michauxii) is a tree worth considering. It is tall, does exceptionally well in drenched conditions, and will turn that ...

JENNINGS COUNTY, Ind. — One southern Indiana family truly has one of the largest trees in the nation. Richard and Kris Schepman’s family farm, located outside of Crothersville, is home to a swamp ...

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources will offer open houses at numerous state forests on Oct. 28, 29 and 30.

Now that it's October, Indiana is only a few weeks away from peak fall colors, treating Hoosiers to autumn leaves in brilliant colors of red, orange and gold. While many will flock to Brown County ...

We are in the middle of a very hot summer. As I was mowing the yard this weekend, I stopped to take a break in the shade of the swamp chestnut oak tree in my front yard. I started thinking about the ...

The tallest tree in Indiana used to be in Hamilton County, a Bitternut Hickory standing at an impressive 152 feet. The tree's height was quoted by a DNR representative speaking to Purdue University ...

Swamp chestnut oak has chestnut-like foliage and is a major component of forests that used to be made up of both oaks and chestnut trees before chestnuts were almost wiped off the American landscape ...

This swamp chestnut oak is one of three giant trees within 50 yards of each other in Huntley Meadows Park in the Alexandria area. The others are a pin oak and another swamp chestnut oak. "We feel that ...

The Arlington County Board named these as "specimen trees," a designation that helps protect them from removal or injury. White oak: The only privately owned tree nominated. 4836 N. 30th St. 16 feet ...