Three years ago, the Mainland High graduate ventured off the beaten path somewhere along the Bulow Creek State Park hiking trail, and stumbled upon the biggest live oak tree he'd ever seen.He ...

BRAZORIA -- Finding a tree as wide as a lane of traffic and taller than a three-story building isn't as easy one might think. For 37 years, wildlife biologists, amateur naturalists and big tree ...

“Big Tree,” an imposing southern live oak, sits in an unassuming park just ... They're among the state's largest native plants, able to grow 60-80 feet tall and 60-120 feet wide, according ...

Growth habit: An evergreen, round-shaped tree growing to 60 feet tall and often twice as wide ... Hardiness: Hardy. Use: Live oaks are the ideal trees for large properties. They provide lots ...

Growth habit: An evergreen wide-spreading tree growing to 60 feet tall and 100 feet wide ... Major problems: Live oaks are usually free of major pests but are affected by gall-forming insects ...

weathered chicken coop sits under the 132-foot canopy of a tree that has become known as The Blanchet Oak. The girthy live oak, now officially recorded as the second-largest in Acadiana ...

Live Oak Allee, the grand entry to the site of the original house at Brookgreen Gardens. In the early 1700s, when Brookgreen Gardens was a rice plantation, 300 live oaks were planted in an oak garden.