maple and honey locust trees are completely dead. “In other words, they dry out well for two years, they went into the winter dry to begin with,” Ball said. “Then during our mild winters ...

In this edition of ID That Tree, Purdue Extension forester Lenny Farlee gives tips on how to identify two species – honey locust and bur oak – from just the markings and scarring on leafless twigs.

It was the first one I had seen in the liminal transition between winter and spring ... from the oak tree to the sawdust and the forlorn stump where our old honey locust tree recently stood.