KANAZAWA—Takaaki Furutani returned to his musical roots to chart a new course for his family’s struggling lumber business.

Warm season annuals should eventually replace old deteriorating cool season annuals as winter becomes spring, and the weather ...

Needless to say, the General Sherman tree is pretty heavy. The US National Park Service quotes a figure of around 1,270,000 kilograms (2,799,870 pounds) for the trunk alone – that’s roughly the ...

The catastrophic failure of a cable system in a huge coast live oak prompts me to revisit this topic. The failure resulted in the collapse of a large oak and caused severe property damage. With the ...

Literature citations: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 9: 65. 1882. Cat. For. Trees [10th U.S. Census, vol. 9]: 180. 1884. J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 31: 340. 1896. Aliso 1: 99. 1948.

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. White-cedar is a slow-growing tree that reaches 25 to 40 feet in height and ...

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This month we are bringing you one of our old ‘native’ tree species, Sequoiadendron giganteum, referred to as Giant Redwood or Wellingtonia. These are some of the most massive trees in the world, with ...

Silvics: The dawn redwood is native to China’s Sichuan and Hubei provinces where it is found in low-lying areas near streams and rivers, hence the local nickname “water fir”. A versatile and ...

A person can experience seasonal allergies throughout the year. The main allergens are pollen from trees, weeds, and grasses. Variations in mold allergies can occur throughout the year. Share on ...

About 10 years ago, a protein family was shown for the first time to contain allergenic members, gibberellin-regulated protein (GRP). The first reported member was from peach, Pru p 7. One can ...