We tend to compare tree bark to our skin, and in many ways they are very similar. Bark and skin are both made of several layers, with the toughest being on the outside. Young bark, like an infant is ...

Got young trees growing in your garden and live in a cold climate? Protecting your saplings from winter sunscald is essential ...

Mary Jo DiLonardo has worked in print, online, and broadcast journalism for 25 years and covers nature, health, science, and animals. Young trees sometimes have smooth bark that's unbroken by ridges.

Meta-analysis is used to compare the patterns of the tree and the herb layers in a Central-European deciduous hardwood forest. Vegetation patterns are represented by distance matrices and dendrograms.

Wild and overgrown, Christopher Shein's incredibly productive South Berkeley garden couldn't be more different from the traditional vegetable plot. There are no straight rows of carrots, no orderly ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — There are some mixed updates for Lahaina’s banyan tree, according to the Maui County Arborist Committee chairman. MCAC chairman and Treecovery founder Duane Sparkman said Thursday ...