Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kentucky coffeetree with fall foliage If you’re looking for a robust, ‘climate-smart’ tree that will cope with the weather ...

The classic and trusted book “Fifty Common Trees of Indiana” by T.E. Shaw was published in 1956 as a user-friendly guide to local species. Nearly 70 years later, the publication has been updated ...

Kentucky coffeetree (Gymnocladus dioicus), also known as the American coffee berry, is a medium-sized, dioecious tree that can reach upwards of 70 feet tall at maturity. The scientific name ...

During a late fall or winter hike, have you ever heard a rattling sound without being able to tell the source? Maybe for a minute, your primordial brain thought it was a rattlesnake until your ...

When North America’s large herbivores faded into extinction, the North American native Kentucky coffee tree lost its primary agents of dispersal. A member of the legume family, the tree’s 5- to ...

The Kentucky coffee tree (Gymnocladus dioicus) is an interesting native tree in the legume family that has a wide distribution across the eastern and Midwestern part of this country but it is found in ...

In this edition of ID That Tree, Purdue Extension forester Lenny Farlee introduces you to a native Indiana tree that provided a substitute for coffee in its past. Meet the Kentucky coffee tree, which ...