Seattle Times reporter Lynda V. Mapes, in an effort to learn more about our forests, overcame her fear and climbed a 200-foot ...

The Jeffrey pine, one of the iconic trees of the Sierra Nevada, appears to have eclipsed other pines to become the ...

Scientist finds Jeffrey pine trees at record mountain heights, suggesting climate-driven shifts in Sierra Nevada.

UC Davis Professor Hugh Safford was hiking for pleasure in California's High Sierra when he stumbled upon a new elevation ...

There are many other old-growth forests across the continent. Each of these forests has a unique ecology, but all are under ...

The pedunculate oaks typical of Leipzig's floodplain forest and other German oak forests are struggling to regenerate in the ...

Over one-third of the compounds were terpenoids, chemicals that plants use to ward off threats like insects and pathogens.

The never-ending cycle of forest fires gets some ‘rare good news’ from first-of-its-kind data on the phenomenon occasionally ...

New woodworkers may be eager to pick up their first tools, but the most important decision you make may be what wood you want ...

Hackberry commonly grows to 60 feet, though a 200-year-old tree could reach double that size. Although not known for its fall foliage, expect hackberry trees to turn yellow and for them to produce ...

Water availability regulates the competition between trees and other vegetation ... There are significant differences in the light environment requirements of different species and different life ...