Does the legend of Austin’s 600-year-old Treaty Oak ring a bell? If not, your vaguely granola Austin parents might have failed you. But don’t fret – there’s plenty more Texas tree facts and fiction to go around, thanks in part to Texas A&M’s very own tree-identifying portal, a site I discovered this past semester while conducting research in an ecology seminar. Whether you’re a tree hugger, tree neophyte, or like me, a part-time cohort of copses, joining arborist Keith Babberney will help anyone interested identify the Austin oaks that have seen – and survived – the city’s manifold eras. – Levi Langley
