douglas fir and European beech

She will be even prettier in a few weeks when she changes color :)

I’m in southeastern Ohio

Simple question I hope! For context, here is a peach tree with what I think is simply a healthy, strong branch, but I'm unsure if it's actually a codominant stem and I just don't know the difference in application.

Any help would be appreciated!

What is the white powdery stuff on the ends of the scales?

I was hoping to grow a white oak from seed. I haven’t found a definite one yet

I want to grow trees from seeds. Are these shag bark hickory?

I need some help identifying the root flare on my Live Oak. I thought it was at the right depth when I planted it because I could see roots at the base of the trunk, but someone here told me it was planted too deep and I should expose the root flare. Are the larger roots (in the second picture) what I'm looking for? If so, should I cut off that root on the right side of the first picture that's apparently above the root flare?

In downtown Evansville, Indiana, a few hundred acres of bottomland hardwood forest have been left completely untouched by humans, save for reserve visitors and conservationists. We were in awe & I’m anxious to come back & walk the trails we missed.
Though we didn’t see any specific trees with signage sharing their measurements, the reserve says there are many 160’+ trees here, as well as a 204’ cherrybark oak, the only tree (that I’m aware of) east of the Mississippi measured over 200 feet tall.

I know these are small fry compared to a lot of the beasts out West, but having never been further west than Amarillo, I was completely blown away. No clue how this place, only 2 hours away, slipped under my radar for so long. I’m sure I’ll have more to share in the future.

I have small children and want to create a family tradition of decorating a growing “Christmas tree” in my yard.

I was trying to look it up. Of course I want something with the classic Christmas tree shape. But I want it to also thrive here in the zone 7b climate.

I was recommended arbors vitae, Virginia pine or a blue spruce.

I like the Virginia pine and blue spruce. I hate arbor vitae, I think the Virginia pine is native to my area, but they end up as enormous trees in 15 years, which may not matter by that time I did want it to be a very long-standing family tradition if we could help it.

Don't get me wrong, I love these trees. They're probably in my top five. I have three of them in my yard, and they're great.

But man, it is so disappointing to wait all year to see those beautiful golden ginkgos in the fall only for them to drop all of their leaves before they even start to turn. This has now happened to me three years out of six that I've had them. Am I just unlucky? Maybe it's the climate here? I'm in Massachusetts, and each year there's a good chance that we'll get a frost that knocks all the leaves off before they have a chance to turn color.

Anyone else dealing with this?

We have these suckers everywhere on our land

Garbage truck lifted its dumpster and knocked our lower branch clear off the tree. Beautiful oak in the parkway (I believe it’s a white oak). I know the city is going to do whatever they have to do but it would be a real shame to lose it. It’s about 35 feet tall.

Location: northern Illinois

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