Stacker used information from forestry and landscaping sites to compile a quiz to identify trees by looking at their leaves.

Area residents will have the opportunity to hone their tree identification skills during October at the Dr. Elizabeth Yahl ...

Written by Smithsonian botanist W. John Kress, the book details more than 300 North American tree species in words, maps and photographs—and why we shouldn’t take them for granted Jennie Rothenberg ...

To properly manage a tree, you need to know what species it is. Plus, tree identification is a lot of fun. Knowing a tree’s species is key to understanding their proper growing conditions, how to ...

Near infrared hyperspectral imaging (NIR-HSI) spectroscopy can be a rapid, precise, low-cost and non-destructive way for wood identification. In this study, samples of five Guiboutia species were ...

David Kuchta, Ph.D. has 10 years of experience in gardening and has read widely in environmental history and the energy transition. An environmental activist since the 1970s, he is also a historian, ...

The urgent race to save North America’s iconic trees imperiled by invasive pests and pathogens. In waves across the land, some of North America’s iconic tree species are dying from a myriad of ...

HAMLIN TOWNSHIP, MI – Learn about the three Bs of wintertime tree identification during this guided walk at a Michigan state park. While leaves are a useful tool for pinpointing tree species during ...

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