Let’s turn our attention to the blackgum tree and consider why its trunk is often hollow and the ways in which that feature has been utilized. First, a little botanical background is in order. Most ...

The City of Tallahassee is once again offering free trees to eligible homeowners within the city limits. The Adopt A Tree program provides and helps plant native and naturalized trees to increase the ...

Even though the black gum tree, Nyssa sylvatica, is unfamiliar and underused in mid-Missouri landscapes, those who are acquainted with this native species — heralded for its shiny, dark green, 5-inch ...

* What they are: These are both improved forms of our native black gum tree, which turns a fiery red to orange-red shade in fall. Both of these varieties have that excellent fall color, rivaling ...

Black gum grows throughout the eastern United States, and is common in dry sites here in the Blue Ridge Province (often in oak and pine forests) up to 5,000 feet or more. Black gum can be 100 feet ...

EAST GOSHEN — In honor of Arbor Day, which is Friday, April 26, the township planted a 15-foot tall black gum tree Saturday morning, April 20, in Clymer’s Woods. A well-used walking trail loops around ...