The trees were southern live oak. It appears what I saw was a natural form of “layering,” whereby a branch touches the ground and produces adventitious roots driven by hypoxia and the hunt for ...

the southern live oak still embodies the American ideal of individual resilience—a stoic figure standing tall. One of the country’s more whimsical-looking trees, the live oak is also one of ...

I left with a crush on a special tree — and this week that includes Easter Sunday, Earth Day and Arbor Day seems like a grand time to share why your heart might flutter a little for the southern live ...