The shape a maple tree forms as it grows can vary by species, but common species—like sugar and red maples in the eastern U.S., and Rocky Mountain maples found in the western U.S.—form bushy, round ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. The sugar maple (Acer saccharum) can be considered the star of eastern North ...

MIDDLETOWN — We are lucky to have so many great forested trails in and around Middletown, and though they are mainly deciduous trees that senesce, or lose their leaves annually, there are still lots ...

Learn the species of maple trees most commonly found in the United States, and how to tell them apart.

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 ...