Seeing blue dots, red Xs, orange circles and purple bands on trees and wondering what they mean? Here's what we found out ...

An arborist may cut some of the loose bark away, but he or she will know how to do so properly to see what is going on behind it.

I have a house in Houston. Does blooming of tropical trees like Bauhinia, Erythrina, and Tabebuia depend on their age or size ...

Cork is harvested by stripping the bark from the tree, a process that is carefully timed to ensure the tree remains healthy and can continue to produce cork for years to come. The bark is removed ...

The tonka bean tree can survive a lightning strike, and thrive. Lightning strikes may kill untold numbers of trees every year, but one tropical species has evolved to benefit from the sudden jolts ...

Other twig structures used in tree identification include stipule scars, bud scale, and fruit scars, spur shoots, and lenticels. Twigs are a great marker if you know what to look for. The bark is ...

Bark beetle-infested spruce trees begin to dry out already before any visible signs of tree mortality appear, a recent study from the University of Eastern Finland shows. Led by Dr Samuli Junttila ...

coli strains tested. The fromager tree's bark showed the best results at inhibiting E. coli growth and worked against all 10 strains. However, the researchers didn't identify which chemicals ...