Climate change is a persistent and growing challenge to plant life on our planet. Changes to the environment that plants are ...

A rare native plant is making a remarkable comeback at Stanford’s Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve following the site’s first intentional burns in over half a century. The species, commonly known as ...

Forests of native trees and plants once blanketed the Western Ghats mountains in southern India, but nearly 200 years ago, ...

Davis. University of Chicago Press, 2024 ($35) In many parts of the world, if you take a walk in the woods, you are likely to ...

The new lineage has so far caused limited observable damage in San Mateo County, the Berkeley hills and Martinez – to bay laurel trees, which are among the many tree species that the disease can ...

New Hawaiian plant, Schiedea waiahuluensis, found using drones on Kauaʻi's cliffs, highlights drone technology's role in ...

During each growing season, trees, for example, add another layer of wood to the trunk, called an annual ring, which increases the trunk’s diameter. When a tree is cut down, we can count the ...

This gorgeous low-maintenance shrub begins blooming in autumn, a time when only sasanqua camellias traditionally flower! The stunning rose-pink, double blossoms continue to open through the winter ...

DNA samples from one of the world’s largest and oldest plants — a quaking aspen tree (Populus tremuloides) in Utah called Pando — have helped researchers to determine its age and revealed ...

The world’s largest tree has been rigorously dated for the first time, confirming it is at least 16,000 years old. Named Pando, the tree is a quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) with around ...