Is any of God’s creations nobler than the oak tree? Its majestic boughs ... The chestnut blight wiped out that beloved tree, whose nuts nourished us and whose bark tanned our leather.

Four to eight hours or less of sun is considered shady and can be full or dense shade, part shade, or light-filtered shade.

Firefighters often use water to put out a blaze, but in Augusta County a team of 11 men and women set a fire to ensure ...

Earth Day activities this year include tree plantings and educational activities that led up to the main celebration on ...

Most vining groundcovers, even the Asiatic jasmine, want to climb and will need to be hand-pulled off tree trunks and walls. Don't use weed eaters as they will cut the tree’s bark or your house ...

Cottonwoods, along with related big-toothed and trembling aspens, are poplars — some of New England’s fastest-growing tree ...

Every fall for years, Deborah McCullough and her husband fished salmon from Western Michigan’s Betsie River. “It’s a little river, and it was shaded, and you knew there was going to be big salmon in ...

Clockwise: Michael Greenstein examines the bark of a Chinese elm in his collection in Los Altos; A liquidambar, also known as an American sweet gum tree, that Greenstein is growing in a pot; Deadwood ...

Banyans usually grow on hardwood hammocks. They are considered a keystone species, essential to the hardwood tropical ecosystem.

People are ready to put down roots. So here’s a look at eight trees that are — for better or worse — popularly planted in ...

Bigger, older trees that could be subject to logging have natural protection against wildfires. Dense bark withstands fire ...