Sometimes we get sidetracked with bunnies and baskets at this time of year. But we can get beyond those to see the beauty and bounty in our everyday biological world.

If you have more than one live oak in your landscape, you probably have sprouts emerging from the ground from at least one mature tree and maybe other sprouts spread over the landscape. Some gardeners ...

The tree grows from Maryland to Texas and from Illinois to the panhandle of Florida. Live oaks are evergreen ... The slow-growing post oak can reach 50 to 100 feet. Its leaves have five to ...

However solitary the live oak might appear, the species is working hard to ensure our collective survival. Native to the United States, Quercus virginiana is known for its longevity—the trees ...

There is a magnificent live oak tree (Querus virginiana ... 2,300 species are known to be associated with oak trees. They include: 38 bird species, 229 bryophytes, 108 fungi, 1,178 invertebrates ...