In 1823, an acorn from an Overcup Oak tree sent up a shoot at what is now the corner of Elden and Center Streets in the Town of Herndon. In Washington, D.C., James Monroe, the 5th President of the ...

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Seasonal flooding is typical in the Ohio and Wabash river valleys. But for one state nature preserve in Posey County, high water has become a year-round problem. The cause isn't ...

This spring, Brett Dupree went to the McDowell Nature Preserve in southwest Charlotte in search of an overcup oak tree, one of Charlotte’s “treasure trees.” “Treasure trees” was a program started in ...

Charlotte's rapid development in the past 20 years has threatened the city’s tree canopy, with at least 400 total acres lost since 2012. Among those lost are some of Charlotte’s biggest trees, and now ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MOUNT VERNON, Ind. (AP) — Wildlife officials ...

JAMESTOWN -- The overcup oak is one of those hardwood swamp bottom trees that most people couldn't even name. Hollow and stringy-fibered, the tree is considered worthless for timbering. The oak grows ...

AUBURN, Alabama -- Auburn University broke ground this week on a project to remove contaminated soil from Toomer's Corner and replace the university's iconic oak trees that were poisoned by a rival ...