The white dogwood ( Cornus florida) is perhaps the most well-known white flower tree. There are around 60 species of dogwoods ...

Of the 3 trillion trees on Earth, two southern live oaks in particular stand out to me. The McDonogh Oak in New Orleans’ City Park is more than 800 years old, long enough to reach back to the ...

According to the Belmont Nursery, Christmas Tree Lane’s “First Tree,” a Deodar Cedar that sparked the beloved holiday light display along Van Ness Boulevard in 1920, was in decline.

We can easily see why trees often take leading roles in ancient religion. Along with mountains and the sea, trees are bigger than we are; they stand when we fall and they endure when we pass away.

Back in the 1970s, the Arbor Day Foundation launched its Tree City USA program to recognize communities branching out to make ...

These trees tend to grow tall and large, up to 130 feet, and live for centuries, meaning that a single tonka bean tree is believed to be struck by lightning at least five times after reaching ...

Walk into the woods and you are bound to find standing dead trees, otherwise known as snags. ... Try to guess how many different species live in that dead tree: 10, 100 or 1,000?

Last but not least, MacDougall’s giant century plant (Fucraea macdougalii) has spear-shaped leaves that reach six feet long. Despite its name, the plant lives around 40 years, reaches 15 feet in ...