Few shade trees are as distinctive in the home landscape as birch trees. Their unique bark characteristics, distinctive growth form and graceful delicate foliage are reason alone to feature one or ...
Forest and wetlands in Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park, Gainesville. (Yunpeng Liu, UF/IFAS Invasion Science Research Institute) ((Yunpeng Liu, UF/IFAS Invasion Science Research Institute)) ...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — When it warms from single-digit cold into the 40s, 50s, and even 60s, humans can shed a parka. If it gets brutally cold again, humans can put the parka back on. Trees can ...
Question: What’s the difference between a popple tree and an aspen? I hear the terms used interchangeably. Answer: Popple (or poplar) are common names for aspen trees because their genus is populus, ...
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A comprehensive new study from the University of Florida paints a concerning picture for the future of American forests. Tracking over five million trees across nearly three decades, researchers have ...
Sometimes a plant’s reputation is shaped by how humans utilise it. Take the poppy for example, topical at this time of year. The common field poppy (Papaver rhoeas) was adopted as the emblem of ...