Amy Klein

By: Mark Halpin, Forestry Manager Chestnut oak, Quercus montana (also sometimes listed as Q. prinus) is not one of the 22 oaks native to Missouri. Nor […]

As spring nears its end in St. Louis, only a handful of flowers remain, fizzling out like the final bittersweet bursts of a fireworks display. The […]

“When the shade begin to be heavy and the midges fill the woods, and when the western sky is a curtain of black nimbus slashed by […]

By: Mark Halpin, Forestry Manager The southern magnolia, Magnolia grandiflora, holds a special place in the hearts of southerners. A resident of Louisiana once told me […]

By: Mark Halpin, Forestry Manager Robinia pseudoacacia, black locust, does not get a lot of respect among the arborists, foresters and horticulturists of North America, although […]