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 ...

A couple of years ago, I used this column to sing the praises of 10 especially tough and beautiful trees for the Midwest. My list included white pine, Kentucky coffee tree, Norway spruce, crabapple, ...

Of all the customary hazards of life in a big city, the threat of falling tree branches is not one. Yet on the warm afternoon of June 26, a limb snapped and plummeted 30 feet from a honey locust tree ...