One of Baltimore’s most photographed trees fell victim to lightning over Memorial Day weekend. During Memorial Day’s evening thunderstorms, fast winds brought down trees in the area while lightning ...

Dawn redwood trees once were believed extinct. The towering trees have been quietly growing in Michigan for decades.

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Japanese paleobotanist S. Miki described samples of Metasequoia in 1941 ...

For homeowners fortunate enough to have the space for them, there are few trees more stunning than the dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides). These massive trees can reach 100 feet in height and ...

BALTIMORE - A historic 60-year-old dawn redwood tree at Baltimore's Cylburn Arboretum was struck by lightning and exploded during Monday night's storm. Tree limbs and wood were splintered all over the ...

About a year ago in this space, I wrote about a fascinating tree — the bald cypress, Taxodium distichum — that was unique in that it is a conifer that is deciduous rather than evergreen. Conifers, as ...

trees that had previously escaped our eagle eyes. The tree story actually begins with an Internet bulletin board called the Orange County Rare Bird Alert. This list lets subscribers know where to find ...

It’s often easy to make assumptions about living things, but nature has a way of showing us that there are always exceptions ...

BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — A historic 60-year-old dawn redwood tree at Baltimore’s Cylburn Arboretum was struck by lightning and exploded during Monday night’s storm. Tree limbs and wood were ...

About a year ago in this space, I wrote about a fascinating tree — the bald cypress, Taxodium distichum — that was unique in that it is a conifer that is deciduous rather than evergreen. Conifers, as ...