Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Orchidpoet/ Getty Images Hickory trees are one of the most important hardwood trees in North America. Hickory isn't one single ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Of the dozen or so American hickories, shellbark and shagbark hickory trees ...

Nut trees make great additions to yards and gardens. They provide multi-purpose crops, have attractive blooms and can protect as wind buffers. Yet fruit trees overshadow them in popularity. What gives ...