Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. Beneath the forest canopy, or overstory, of towering trees is a second layer of vegetation known as the understory. It is composed of shrubs, saplings, ...

Although pollen has covered cars for weeks and allergy sufferers have been sneezing, we think of sex as being the realm of animals. But plant sex can be quite interesting, especially in species that ...

Being female can be tough, even for trees. A study of the life cycle of striped maples – which can change sex from season to season – has revealed that healthy trees are more likely to be male, and ...

I was up in the mountains this past weekend and got to visit with one of my favorite trees — the striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum). I did some googling and it turns out striped maples are a lot of ...

Striped maple tree leaves and flowers. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any ...

Many people travel to New England in October to see the wonderful fall color in the deciduous forests. A large proportion of the color is provided by maples, including the sugar maple, red maple and ...

Sure, it was a crappy, cold March. And the first couple of weeks of April haven’t been much better. But as the weather warms up, it’s time to step outside, strain your neck and gaze aloft. Because ...

In a study recently published in Sensors, Saint Louis University researchers paired satellite imaging data with machine learning techniques to map local tree species and health. The data generated by ...