This is the ninth in a series of Nature Notes columns on Frederick County’s trees. Discover Frederick’s diverse array of trees on a self-guided walking tour. To see all of the trees, it should take ...

The recent high winds we’ve seen have damaged Virginia’s oldest and largest corkscrew willow tree. It sits along the Dora Trail in Pulaski. Arborists estimate it’s about 150 years old, which is very ...

Fifteen years ago, there was no noticeable problem with invasive Carolina willows at Audubon’s Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. That changed. Corkscrew’s marshes and prairies, once dominated by diverse ...

The Salix matsudana is commonly called curly willow because of the loosely curling shape of its branches. It is also known as the corkscrew willow, Pekin willow, Hankow willow, twisted-twig willow and ...

One of the chief menaces to Audubon's beloved Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary is an unexpected foe. Most of Florida's invasive plant villains are exotics like melaleuca, Brazilian pepper, Old World climbing ...

A corkscrew willow tree, a landmark at Port Townsend’s Gateway Park, collapsed Wednesday. A city Public Works Department crew later used straps to stabilize the high-risk portion of the tree that is ...

The effort to remove invasive willows and restore wetlands in the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary is getting a $1.2 million boost from Publix. The Florida-based grocery chain announced the five-year funding ...

An interesting plant in both look and texture is the Scarlet Curls corkscrew willow (Salix x ‘Scarcuzam’). This willow can grow as a tree, with one or multiple trunks, or as a multi-stemmed shrub. All ...

Learn how to finish green wood. Scott and Suzy head to the woods to find unusual pieces of wood to incorporate into a beautiful table and a whimsical chair. Working with green wood has never been more ...