These curbside trees tolerate compacted, infertile soils and the environment found in cities and along streets. Hedge maple (Acer campestre) tolerates urban conditions without succumbing to damage ...

Many new trees do just fine on their own. In fact, the movement they experience from normal wind and weather helps trees develop strong root systems and solid trunk girth. But new trees in open ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. How many types of trees are there in the United States? A U.S. Forest ...

Written by Smithsonian botanist W. John Kress, the book details more than 300 North American tree species in words, maps and photographs—and why we shouldn’t take them for granted Jennie ...

But how exactly do we understand and use these devices? Tree diagrams have been used in evolutionary biology since the time of Charles Darwin. Therefore, one might assume that, by now, most ...

All species on Earth, both living and extinct, are related. We know this because of a biological tool called the tree of life. This "tree" takes the form of a diagram that maps the relationships ...

Over the weekend, intense winds from a powerful cold front brought down trees, damaged powerlines, brought flooding rains and caused power outages for thousands of people. Gusts nearing 200 ...

Every tree tells a story, but some are beyond eloquent, holding memories, embodying belief, marking sorrow. We hold trees in our imagination, where they grow in strange, wonderful ways in forests ...

Living in a tree-filled neighborhood may be as beneficial to the heart as regular exercise, new research shows. Researchers at the University of Louisville designed a clinical trial that ...

Sep. 19, 2024 — Researchers have developed a model that uses gene activity to predict when Somei Yoshino cherry tree buds awake from dormancy. Their findings could ... How Gaps in the Canopy of ...

There are so many trees around us that it is easy to take them for granted and forget what incredible living things they really are! Trees have existed for millions of years. They were growing ...