A: Good news — the ridges on the twigs and branches are normal, and the interesting corky-looking bark becomes an attractive feature of bur oak. The ridges on twigs and the main trunk become more ...

An arborist offered to “top” my shade tree that has grown so large that branches touch the house. Should I have him do that?

Cottonwood trees are renowned for being fast-growing and impressive trees that can soar to great heights. Knowing when and ...

During their lives trees perform functions critical to the health of forests and its wildlife — providing oxygen to the ...

The trees exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen with the atmosphere through little “mouths” in their leaves and tiny “windows” ...

Getting zapped with millions of volts of electricity may not sound like a healthy activity, but for some trees, it is. A new study, published in New Phytologist, reports that some tropical tree ...

A previously unknown gigantic species has been discovered by researchers working in the remote Udzungwa Mountains of East ...

MacCubbin gives Florida gardening advice on Confederate jasmine, satsuma mandarin, hibiscus, tibouchina, peach trees, St.

As a popular tree to the geography of Robeson County, these invasive trees may have caught your eye, appearing admirable with their white petaled clusters. But the truth behind the beauty of their ...

The Sidr tree (lote-tree) is more than just a plant that grows in the silence of the desert. It is a story of life and ...

Wind gusts reached 50 miles per hour Monday, bringing down trees and large branches across Portland.

By the anatomy of its limbs and claws, the team believes that it lived in trees and could vertically cling to tree trunks and branches. Its molar teeth had crests that are used to break down ...