The Maryland Department of Agriculture announced there are worsening conditions of beech leaf disease in the state.

A new mural at Renown Regional Medical Center is bringing color, symbolism, and a message of unity to the heart of Reno.

In the Wasatch Mountains of Utah, a remarkable organism known as Pando stands as the largest living organism on Earth by mass. This colossal stand of genetically identical quaking aspen trees, which ...

Spruce trees that experienced long-term droughts were more resistant to future ones, while pines acclimatized to wet periods were more vulnerable.

Aspen trees tend to have rough bark that ranges in color: greenish or yellowish, grey, white, or a mix. These trees are medium-sized, growing between 20 and 80 feet tall. The leaves are circular ...

The downside to this strategy is that they have to grow new leaves once it warms up in the spring before photosynthesis can begin. But that greenish trunk means this isn’t quite true for some trees.

Aspen is invariably the last tree to get its new leaves in spring, with them often not opening fully until early June in the Highlands, and it loses them in late September or early October, before ...

FLAGSTAFF — Beneath the scenic yellow and red leaves of soaring aspen trees in the Kachina Wilderness, forest ecologist Mike Stoddard is looking down. His concern isn’t the brilliant fall ...

More than 60 insect species are known to feed on the tree, which has leaves that flutter, even in a gentle breeze, giving it the nickname ‘tremlin tree’ in Scots.

Aspen’s high rate of leaf fall and production of deadwood enriches soils, which creates optimum conditions for other plants and trees. Over 60 insect species are known to feed on aspen foliage ...

Trees for Life said Aspen was an essential part of the ancient Caledonian forest, which once covered most of the Scottish Highlands. They said it provides a number of biodiversity benefits, beings ...