Although native to eastern Asia, crape myrtles are indispensable in the Southern landscape. Its vibrantly colored flowers in shades of pink, purple, red and white from May to September virtually ...

Leaves and flowers make a tree beautiful, but while you're admiring them, don't ignore the tree's bark. Take a look at eucalyptus, crape myrtle, our native Sonoran palo brea and Arizona sycamore. They ...

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Few shade trees are as distinctive in the home landscape as birch trees. Their unique bark characteristics, distinctive growth form and graceful delicate foliage are reason alone to feature one or ...

Lichens survive in a very wide range of habitats worldwide. Amazingly, more than 400 species can be found in Maryland.

Most people tend to overlook tree bark as rather uninteresting, at best. It's too bad, because bark is a fascinating and often attractive plant "invention," and is actually rather complex in its ...

One day as I walked up to my hospital, I saw two trees at the entrance that were striking. At issue was the fact that I could not identify them! I am no expert, but I know most trees. I began digging.

An overhead view of a S-curve on a two lane highway in the Mt Hood National Forest in Oregon. - Davealan/Getty Images The national forests in the United States span an extraordinary range of ...

Winter is beautiful in its own pale ways, but when lush, leafy trees suddenly stand bare and stark against gray skies, an ...