2. The decrease in water losses from broad-leaved trees resulting from defoliation is gradual, and not greatly unlike the decrease shown in the transpiring power of conifers. 3. Winter transpiration ...

Broad-leaved plantain is a very common perennial weed found in many lawns and pastures, and often in waste places as well. It is typically found in "run-down" pastures which do not have much grass and ...

There are a number of different dock species that grow within New Zealand, but the broad-leaved dock would be the most common of these. So when people say they have problems with docks, they are ...

A rare type of native tree whose fruit was eaten by children as sweets and was onced used to make a type of beer is being ...

Many fruit trees are deciduous trees. Most deciduous trees have broad, flat leaves. Deciduous trees only perform photosynthesis during the growing season when their leaves are present. Evergreen ...

Evergreen broad-leaved forests (EBLFs) are the most characteristic biomes in East Asia. They assume a fundamental role in the ...

This time of year, many black walnut trees’ leaves may have black spots, turn yellow and begin to drop. This is commonly known as anthracnose, a fungal disease that causes trees to drop their leaves ...

New Zealand’s forests were cleared at a record pace, and from this destruction, a sport arose: who can fell a tree the fastest ... working as a shepherd. Having done physical work his entire life, he ...

So when the leaves fall off, they're getting kicked out by the tree on purpose. "Trees lose their leaves to conserve energy and to reduce the amount of damage they could sustain during the winter ...

My idle associations with dying—the smell of decay, the proverbial light going out, the coroner’s office, corpses in the ...

The identification process begins by placing the plant into one of two broad classifications: monocot or dicot. The term cotyledon refers to the first leaf-like structure ... Examples include shepherd ...

We also appreciated the shepherd’s hook stakes that come with the tent ... that of our family-tent top pick though its lower roof leaves it with less headroom. (The Sundome’s center height ...