Explores the structure and function of green plants, focusing on their three main parts: roots, stems, and leaves. Roots anchor the plant and absorb water and minerals through root hairs. Stems ...

Giuseppe Penone’s principal materials are trees, wood, leaves, plants and rocks. A new solo show in London brings together ...

Plant Medic columnist Ricky Kemery says mature trees such as oak or maples with larger leaves can make it tough for turfgrass ...

People are ready to put down roots. So here’s a look at eight trees that are — for better or worse — popularly planted in ...

but if the lotus is serious about striking roots in the Dravidian land in the distant future, it cannot be under the shadow of two leaves.

Successfully maintaining fruit trees in your yard requires meticulous planning, especially in terms of knowing which plants ...

The pedunculate oaks typical of Leipzig's floodplain forest and other German oak forests are struggling to regenerate in the ...

These special maples again caught the eyes of enthusiasts. Now there are perhaps 1,000 cultivars in existence, although sloppy recordkeeping and naming practices may have resulted in many duplications ...

Over one-third of the compounds were terpenoids, chemicals that plants use to ward off threats like insects and pathogens.

Dogwood trees are a common and beloved sight in local gardens. While as many as 60 species of trees and shrubs are in the genus Cornus, the most common locally are our native flowering dogwood (Cornus ...

This root vegetable is low in carbs and calories, but it is high in fiber and Vitamin C, especially antifungal properties. Eating radish leaves can keep you from stomach ulcers. It is served with ...

In Panama’s dense lowland jungle, a tropical species called Dipteryx oleifera —known locally as almendro or the tonka bean ...