Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Trees are among the earth's most useful and beautiful products of nature.

If you've ever wondered what type of tree was nearby but didn't have a guide book, a new smartphone app allows users with no formal training to satisfy their curiosity and contribute to science at the ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Botanical markers and tree characteristics should be used when identifying a ...

The University of California Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (UCANR), has an online plant identification tool ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Nature and gadget lovers, this one's for you: a mobile app that lets you ID the species of any ...

How do I know if I have an ash tree? All true ash trees (Fraxinus spp.) have the following characteristics: • Leaves are compound, which means multiple leaflets occur on a common stalk, and typically ...

An individual’s genes may influence the phenotype of neighboring conspecifics. Such indirect genetic effects (IGEs) are important as they can affect the apparent total heritable variance in a ...

Climate warming is linked to a widening interval between leaf unfolding and flowering in European trees, with implications for tree fitness and the wider environment, according to new research. An ...