Trees

The Quirky History of the Osage Orange, Texas’s Ugliest Fruit

Once eaten by woolly mammoths, and later used by Indigenous Texans and settlers for its sturdy wood, this strange plant has spread from Texas across the country.

Why Droves of Pilgrims Trek to This Tree in South Texas Every Year

Two decades ago, a woman bought a cutting from a nursery in the Rio Grande Valley. What grew was much bigger than a tree.

By Cat Cardenas

Cat Cardenas

Cat Cardenas is a writer focused on culture, entertainment, and the state’s Latino community.

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Find Holiday Spirit in the Small Towns of Texas

Catch the Polar Express, visit the Grinch, or have your own 'It's a Wonderful Life' moment in a festive town square.

Texas Trees Hit Hard By Drought In 2011

More than 300 million trees died in Texas in 2011 due to extreme drought conditions

Galveston Makes Lemonade

After the island lost more than 35,000 trees to Hurricane Ike, a group of artists carved 35 stumps into beautiful and intricate sculptures.

It’s Hard Out There for a Tree

It was a bad year to be a tree in Texas. The drought alone claimed half a billion trees, and now eminent domain threatens a 100-year-old oak planted by one of the founders of League City.

Pine and Agony

Vigil at Treaty Oak

To the people of Austin, the poisoning of an ancient tree was more than a crime; it was a blasphemy.