On a mid-July morning in Corvallis’ Willamette Park, Callie Gunderson’s two-year-old son climbed a maple tree. Gunderson said playing in the park is the best way to encourage him to be adventurous.

ST. LOUIS — Have you ever wondered what those balls growing on trees are? Well, you’re not alone. They could be quite valuable if you know what to look for. Those mysterious bulbous growths on trees ...

I recently received the following questions about plants. Q. Can you tell me what could have made lumps on the trunk of a tree my wife and I found in the Smokies? The lumps range from baseball-size to ...

Q. I have a large maple tree in my backyard. I like the tree, as it provides shade for our firepit where family and friends gather. Along the main trunk of the tree there are these large knobby ...

I’ve had my eye on this maple in my woods for some time. Not because it’s a beautiful timber tree. It’s only about 8 inches in diameter, after all. But it has an interesting burl about 14 feet up the ...

One or more vandals are cutting chunks of sought-after wood from maple trees in Corvallis’ Willamette Park. Officials say the illegal poaching will likely kill the trees. The burls, rounded masses of ...

On a Thanksgiving visit to Giles County, Va., we met Allen Neely, a true mountain man who shared his passion for tree burls. A burl is an abnormality in which bud cells have grown in a chaotic manner, ...