Hickory trees are one of the most important hardwood trees in North America. Hickory isn't one single type of tree; it's a variety of species within the Carya genus. There are about 12 species that ...

Pecan trees and their hickory tree cousin are nutty buddies not from South Carolina. The pecan is the only nut tree native to the United States and is indigenous to North America. It is found along ...

A huge, centuries-old pecan tree that is a well-known landmark in a small, Georgia town, is set to be cut down, local officials have announced. The tree is estimated to be more than 300-years-old, ...

HALL COUNTY, Ga. — What was once one of Georgia’s largest pecan trees is coming down this week. NewsChopper 2 flew over Braselton Monday as arborists started removing the tree off Grand Hickory Drive ...

BRASELTON, Ga. — A 300-year-old pecan tree once designated as one of the largest in Georgia will soon come down. The town of Braselton announced Monday that the pecan tree located at Mulberry Park has ...

If you see webs being formed around the tips of branches as well as defoliation under the webbing in your pecan, hickory, persimmon and sweet gum trees, they are probably infested with fall webworms.

The classic and trusted book “Fifty Common Trees of Indiana” by T.E. Shaw was published in 1956 as a user-friendly guide to local species. Nearly 70 years later, the publication has been updated ...

Pecan trees are shaking and shimmying as growers harvest pecans in Missouri, says University of Missouri Extension horticulturist Michele Warmund. During harvest, mechanical shakers are clamped around ...

LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - It is sometimes easy to tell which pest is breaking out around the county by the sheer number of phone calls that I get. This week it is the walnut caterpillar that is being ...

This article is part of Texas Monthly’s special fiftieth-anniversary issue. Read about the other icons that have defined Texas since 1973. Wild pecans yield their pleasures stingily. They’re small, ...