Observing and identifying trees is a type of play that benefits kids in multiple ways. For starters, research has found that simply being around trees improves cognitive development and lowers the ...

For mature trees, I tend to use the overall shape and branching patterns to identify trees in winter. Sugar maple? White pine? Hemlock? I can generally identify those from a distance while in a moving ...

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 ...

Fruits contribute vital information needed for identifying trees. Culturally, people mostly name fruits according to the names of the plants that bear them. Biologically, botanists name fruits ...

Visitors who braved the brisk March weather got a glimpse of the maple sugaring process, at Blue Slope Country Museum’s annual “Make Mine Maple” event March 4. Members of the farm’s Staebner family, ...

Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve shares the process of making maple syrup in their 39th Annual Maple Sugarbush Festival. According to Indiana Master Naturalist, Lee Anne Bruner, the festival, which ...

Most of us enjoying knowing the names of our acquaintances - including trees. It's tougher to identify trees in winter because most have no leaves, which is how we generally recognize trees. But by ...