Along Highway 50 — dubbed the “Loneliest Road in America” — a cottonwood tree is covered in shoes. A local legend claims the tradition began with a newlywed couple’s roadside argument.

Situated within the park maintained by the Horticulture Department — stretching from Jayachamaraja Wadiyar Circle (Hardinge Circle) to Mirza Road — stands a majestic 50-foot-tall cottonwood tree ...

Yet for this theory to be true, there would have to be many tree species which are simultaneously wind-pollinated, dioecious, sex-selected by people, widely planted, and allergenic. As we’ll see, that ...

The Missouri Department of Conservation has noted that these mushrooms typically grow near elm, ash, and cottonwood trees from March through early May. Early in the season, they are more likely to be ...

Seed germinated super fast that was nice. I never really know when to end these time-lapses of things that don't produce fruit or flowers. I could go on for longer but they would just grow a bit ...

Liberty, Redding's famous bald eagle, did not lay eggs this year, marking a first in her documented nesting history. Experts believe the lack of eggs might be related to a series of events in the ...

Credit: Brenda Bazán / San Antonio Report The origin of one young tree growing at the San Antonio College campus is rooted in outer space. A loblolly pine germinated from one of 2,000 seeds ferried ...

The species also spreads aggressively and crowds out native plants. Over time, birds have spread the trees’ seeds from residents’ yards to roadsides and open fields, disturbing native ecosystems.

The Invasive Species Centre in Sault Ste. Marie has partnered with the National Tree Seed Centre in New Brunswick to collect seeds from black ash trees, preserving their genetic material for ...

John Badman is a 1982 graduate of SIU-Carbondale, with a major in cinema and photography and a minor in law enforcement administration of justice. He has worked at The Telegraph in Alton full-time ...

The message went out over a neighborhood listserv this fall with an unusual request: a plea for native tree seeds. “These seeds will be grown into saplings that will be used in local plantings o ...