Children from Parkside Preschool took turns helping Palatine Mayor Jim Schwantz add mulch to the base of a pre-planted American hornbeam tree during an Arbor Day celebration Friday at Community Park.

Editor's note: Once a month, the OSU Extension Master Gardener's office of Franklin County profiles a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. Nestled in the forests of central Ohio among larger ...

On this edition of ID That Tree, meet the American hornbeam, also known as the musclewood or the water or blue beech. This native Indiana understory tree stands out due to its gray bark and striations ...

Years ago while working as a state park naturalist on the St. Croix I saw a tree species that was new to me. In mid-summer the unusual seed pod popped from the sea of green leaves of the heavily ...

Nestled in the forests of central Ohio among larger trees, you might find a smaller, less conspicuous tree called Carpinus caroliniana. Also known as American hornbeam, blue beech, musclewood, ...