She says one of her favourite plants is the Western Canada Goldenrod — a tall slender plant with pointy leaves and deep yellow flowers native to northern B.C. — because it attracts a myriad of ...

As home gardeners become more educated about the benefits of native plants (supporting native insects, birds and wildlife, and the environment as a whole), the focus has mainly been on trees, shrubs ...

Caption: Japanese knotweed is among the invasive plants that can be commonly found in people's gardens, according to the Invasive Species Centre. (Submitted by the Invasive Species Centre) Other ...

News Science + Tech Environment If We Plant Billions of Trees to Save Us, They Must Be Native Trees Do it right, says Diana Beresford-Kroeger, who raised the idea 21 years ago. Last in a series ...

Native Plant: The many benefits of sassafras While sometimes considered a shrub and sometimes a tree, in favorable conditions, the staghorn sumac can reach 30-feet high, and as far across.

The sassafras tree, (Sassafras albidum), sports an unlobed leaf (football), one-lobed leaf (mitten) and a two-lobed leaf (ghost). Native Plant: Tall coreopsis is the symbol of summer in central Ohio ...

Biodiversity protects against invasions of non-native tree species Date: August 23, 2023 Source: ETH Zurich Summary: Researchers combined human and ecological factors to analyze the global scale ...

“If a tree has to be removed, we will grind out the stump and plant a new tree at cost,” says Rick Anderer, city arborist. The fee is $165 to $230; trees are professionally grown and range ...