The staghorn sumac is a sensory delight, from its toothed leaf edges to its fuzzy fruit and young stems. Though it is related ...
Tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera), a cousin of the magnolia, is absolutely stunning in spring when it’s fragrant, ...
As the fall season starts to wrap up, leaves start to fall in droves. But why is that? Meteorologist Matt Willoughby explains ...
As the leaves start to change and fall in autumn, my mind and eye are often drawn to those deciduous trees and shrubs whose ...
Why would trees go through the trouble of making this energetically expensive class of molecule in their leaves right before ...
Our fall season has finally arrived, with the ebb and flow of ambient temperature typical of Central Texas to the Upper Gulf ...
Trees are a great addition to any landscape, providing shade, privacy and visual interest to your yard. But trees can also ...
Trees have sophisticated mechanisms to measure time and the spectral quality of light, which is how they understand when to ...
The life cycle of a leaf is pretty magical,” said Andy Finton, a forest ecologist with the Nature Conservancy in ...
Late fall is the perfect time to add some plants, trees, and bushes to your yard to provide nectar for spring migrating ...
The process of changing leaf colors is often referred to as “fall foliage.” But what exactly happens scientifically to cause ...
“GROWING IN THE mud, and yet so clean, the lotus is a symbol of purity,” writes the Sri Lankan historian Ananda K. Coomaraswamy in his 1913 book “The Arts and Crafts of India & Ceylon.” The lotus pool ...