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Some fruit trees are notorious for producing a big crop one year and a much smaller crop the next. Here's what to know and what you can do about it.
Twelve years after the Aspen Fire roared over the Catalina Mountains, once-blackened slopes are showing expanses of bright green new growth — a heartening sign that the forest is on the road to ...
Have you ever paused beneath a towering oak or maple and wondered if that rough, gnarled bark is hiding secrets? What if I ...
Every species of tree has unique characteristics, from its bark to its leaves, that you can use as clues to identify ...
I’m pretty sure this was a quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) or as many of us New Englanders know them, a quaking poplar. When I think of a "cheery" tree, I think of quaking aspens.
However, aspen also has the ability to send up new young shoots, or suckers, off the root system of an established tree, sometimes up to 30 metres away, if the tree is large.
Aspen roots can lie dormant under the soil as a fire clears the area, and new suckers will rise to the surface to quickly reforest the affected area faster than other types of trees.
Pando, an extraordinary organism residing in Utah, quietly stands out among the myriad of living beings that inhabit our planet, captivating scientists and nature enthusiasts alike. This remarkable ...
DNA samples from one of the world’s largest and oldest plants — a quaking aspen tree (Populus tremuloides) in Utah called Pando — have helped researchers to determine its age and revealed ...
A “beautiful aspen tree” has been planted on a triangular piece of land in downtown Denver, Mayor Mike Johnston said during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new Populus Hotel.
Urban Villages has opened a $100 million hotel in Downtown Denver modeled to resemble an aspen tree, which claims to be the “first carbon positive” hotel in the U.S.
A large swath of dead trees along Stewart Creek near the trail to San Luis Peak, one of Colorado's 14ers, in the San Luis Mountains. “So that adds to complexity about what can we do with the ...