Plant and Soil, Vol. 371, No. 1/2 (October 2013), pp. 435-446 (12 pages) Background and aims The partitioning of below ground carbon inputs into roots and extramatrical ectomycorrhizal mycelium (ECM) ...

Aims Forests induce a mechanical reinforcement of soil, generally quantified in terms of additional root cohesion (cr), which decreases due to root decay after felling. The aim of this work is ...

Maybe what Rockefeller Center Plaza needs is a Christmas palm tree. As workers marked the unofficial start of the holiday season by raising a 78-foot Norway spruce in the plaza for all to see, the ...

A few weeks ago I went along a Mike Mahanna’s Hamilton College Arboretum walk, just for something to do, and maybe to learn a few things about trees. And I did. I also picked up a flyer on Root Glen ...

From the Northern European Steppes, the Norway spruce amazes people with its impressive longevity and size. The tree can rise to over 150 feet and has long drooping branches that give its distinctive ...