While it will still be another month or so before the ground thaws and we can begin our annual planting rituals, now is a good time to plan those projects — especially any involving perennial plants, ...

The USDA Forest Service and the Alaska Division of Forestry are offering grants up to $25,000 to local governments and nonprofit organizations to remove two types of invasive chokecherry trees from ...

According to the coevolution theory of autumn colours, the bright colours of trees evolved as a warning signal towards parasites colonizing the plant in autumn. We monitored colonization of the aphid ...

Home on the Grange will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the Grange Hall in North Pole. The topic this week is “Invasive Species,” particularly the popular ornamental chokecherry tree. Both Prunus padus, ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. The black cherry or Prunus serotina is a species in the subgenus Padus with ...

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