The center of a tree or shrub stem (from roots to trunk, branches, and twigs) is woody, composed of xylem cells that conduct water from the roots to the upper parts of the tree. That woody section is ...

GRAND HAVEN, MI – Hemlock trees – those beautiful feathery evergreens – are dying in alarming numbers along West Michigan’s coast. But you can save them, one at a time. An “Adopt-a-Hemlock” effort in ...

When I began studying old-growth forests 30 years ago, I was excited by the amazing longevity of the trees and the information they hold in their annual ring patterns, which I study for clues to past ...

Trees can be identified in winter by observing their needles, bark, branching patterns, and buds. Distinctive bark, such as ...

To the editor: On one of the hemlocks on my property, I noticed damage that corresponds to descriptions of the hemlock borer pest online: “The hemlock borer (Phaenops fulvoguttata) prefers to attack ...