Eastern Hemlock, Tsuga canadensis, is a graceful conifer of the southern Appalachians. With its lush evergreen foliage it is more than lovely, it is also ecologically significant. This is especially pertinent […]
Vanishing Acts: Kentucky Trees of Concern – Dogwood
What is your favorite native flowering tree? If you said flowering dogwood, you aren’t alone. Flowering dogwoods, Cornus florida are favored by many people, as well as wildlife – providing beauty […]
Vanishing Acts: Kentucky Trees of Concern – Black Walnut
I owe my love for collecting wild edibles in part to my family’s tradition for riding down country roads in autumn looking for the tale-tell pockmarked stains of black walnut on […]
Vanishing Acts: Kentucky Trees of Concern – American Elm
The American elm, ulmus americana, can be a large, tough and long-lived tree. That is, it can be all of those things if it doesn’t succumb to Dutch elm disease, […]