Other trees, such as birches, beech, shagbark hickory and chestnut oak are among the few that are relatively easy to identify by their bark, and therefore seem like old friends when encountered ...

Mary Jo DiLonardo has worked in print, online, and broadcast journalism for 25 years and covers nature, health, science, and animals. Young trees sometimes have smooth bark that's unbroken by ...

First of two parts. If asked to describe what tree bark looks like, most people probably would say something like: “It’s rough and brown and covers the trunk of a tree.” That is a… ...

Citizen scientist volunteers are needed to help monitor sweet chestnut trees for pests and disease, the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has said.. Sweet chestnut trees, or Castanea sativa, are ...

The 1,000-year-old sweet chestnut tree you'll find in the Cotswolds — and what to do if you have a younger example near your home. ... barley-twist contortion in the thick bark. The heavy, ...

Sweet chestnut trees can grow to 17-22 metres and can live for up to 700 years if they ... A tree with the fungus might have cracked or sagging dead bark with discolouration or bright orange ...

TAYLOR: Sweet chestnut trees, as they sort of grow older, their bark is amazing. It's sort of kind of twists round the tree and makes them sort of extra gnarly and extra ancient and old looking.

Sweet chestnut blight is a serious fungal plant disease which was found in Guernsey earlier in 2022.

Sweet chestnut trees – like many other plant and tree species – are increasingly vulnerable to pests and diseases Nicola Spence, UK chief plant health officer ...

Citizen scientist volunteers are needed to help monitor sweet chestnut trees for pests and disease, the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has said. Sweet chestnut trees or Castanea sativa can be ...