With the obvious exception of conifers, the trees around us now mostly look bare. Pines, spruces, balsams, cedars and junipers continue holding their green needles throughout the winter, being adapted ...

The dark foliage of conifer trees dominates much of our landscape. It gets to be a bit overwhelming at times, so I’m always glad when spring leaf-out brings fresh, bright greens of the deciduous tree ...

In elementary school, most of us learned the basic differences between deciduous and coniferous trees. Deciduous trees have leaves that change color and drop in the fall, and coniferous trees have ...

When it comes to deciduous shrubs and trees, fall and winter are the seasons they get serious about root growth. In places like Southern California, where the ground never freezes, roots never stop ...

If you want to be a true outdoorsman or woman, and a true survivor, you’ve got to become a plant person. I know, I know—it’s not as cool to walk around with your nose in a book as it is to sling lead ...

Nature classifies all trees into three main groups. Deciduous trees shed leaves seasonally. Evergreen trees remain green year-round. Coniferous trees reproduce using cones. These categories explain ...

Tree-of-heaven (ToH), also known as Chinese sumac, varnish tree, or stink tree, is a large, rapidly growing deciduous tree native to parts of China. Tree-of-heaven was introduced to North America as ...