This swamp chestnut oak is one of three giant trees within 50 yards of each other in Huntley Meadows Park in the Alexandria area. The others are a pin oak and another swamp chestnut oak.

Planting an oak tree is the easiest thing you can do if you want to celebrate Arbor Day or Earth Day, or just increase your home value, reduce energy bills and help control flooding.

Mayor Allison Silberberg and Dr. Richard T. Olsen, director of the National Arboretum which donated the Swamp Chestnut Oak to the city, plant it in Oronoco Bay Park on Monday, Sept. 19.

Later in the episode, the team received the results of some carbon dating tests they’d ordered on a couple of the swamp items, and, excitingly, they were dated from approximately 1680 to 1750.

Of the 25 oak species native to our area, only about 10 may be found at local garden centers. News Sports Entertainment Opinion Email Us Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals. HOME & GARDEN.

LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. — We'll visit the newest preserved property in Luzerne and Carbon Counties that is now open to the public, the Penrose Swamp Preserve Beaver Creek tract. The Wildlands ...