Tree of the Week
June 2, 2021
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 […]
June 20, 2021
“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 […]
June 20, 2021
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 […]
June 22, 2021
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 […]
June 28, 2021
By Mark Halpin, Forestry Manager Magnolia acuminata, cucumber magnolia, our only Missouri native magnolia, is seldom even recognized as a member of that illustrious genus that […]