The primary functions of roots are to anchor the tree to the ground, store carbohydrates, absorb water and nutrients, and conduct those nutrients to the vascular system of the tree. Having healthy ...

A small team of volunteers spent a few hours scrambling across fire-ravaged mountainsides, planting hundreds of seedlings as ...

In east Bengaluru, at BEML Gate on the ever-busy Suranjandas Road, another tree has no such luck. Its roots stand exposed, almost unnaturally manicured, as work goes on beside it on the ...

When a whole tree falls over and pulls out its roots, it’s known as whole tree failure or “windthrow”. If this happens, it can be a major threat to you or your house. There are often warning ...

In the end, a tree that is staked for too long has a weaker trunk and less-developed root system than it should. Avoid staking any tree and forgetting about it, since the materials used to support ...

In 1770, amid the stirrings of what would become the American Revolution, a Jewish Pennsylvanian named Barnard Gratz wrote a letter to a friend. In it, he shared his unfiltered opinion of George ...