My favorite way of enjoying nature is to watch small changes unfold over the seasons, to visit the same tree for example, ...

Examples of spring ephemerals include trout lilies, Virginia bluebells, trilliums, bloodroot, foamflowers, mayapples, and ...

My favorite deciduous trees (trees that lose all their leaves for part of the year) show off in every season. Fall brings ...

The North Hollywood weather station — which is closer to my residence than any of the other 273 such stations throughout ...

Removing native wildflowers from their natural habitats can kill these delicate plants and damage ecosystems that took years ...

Trees and Their Importance explores the vital role trees have played from early American settlement to modern life, ...

Callery pear aka Bradford pear trees are an eco disaster that Ohio banned because they ruin the ecosystem. Here's why and ...

We recently returned from a trip to Virginia to visit family and spent time being “Leaf Peepers.” There’s something magical ...

From the turning of the fagus to the flutter of falling elm leaves, a red-golden carpet is unfurling across the more ...

Cottonwoods, along with related big-toothed and trembling aspens, are poplars — some of New England’s fastest-growing tree ...

As broadleaf evergreens, rhododendrons have developed a waxy coat on their leaves to help prevent water loss. They also have a physiological mechanism to help defend themselves further. Just as you’d ...

Different dodders prefer different host plants. Hosts include alfalfa, asparagus, bindweed, pigweed, lambsquarters, Russian ...