A volunteer hickory is growing in my backyard. No human planted it. Likely a squirrelly did the delightful deed. The rodent buried it where sun-loving prairie plants were growing, which means as th… ...

A goddess, a president, and a tree. An unlikely trio, but there is a connection: the shagbark hickory tree. This tree is deserving of superlatives, if not deity and presidency. One of the dominant ...

The pignut hickory (Carya glabra) is a dark-gray tree that extends to 50–60 feet in height with a spread of 25–35 feet. It does well in a variety of soils, even tolerating salty soil and drought.

If you cannot see the forest for the trees, take heart. Geauga County wants to enlist you in its search for the region’s biggest shagbark hickory tree in a contest that runs through Sept. 8.

ANN ARBOR, MI — With spring on the way, Ann Arbor’s next free tree giveaway event is just around the corner. The city is giving away 1,000 trees this time, said Sean Reynolds, a city ...