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In heavily affected areas, up to 30% of beech trees are killed within seven years of contracting beech leaf disease.

Palm plants can fall victim to yellowing leaves for a variety of reasons, from natural causes to diseases that need immediate ...

Tree leaf veins in dicots, also known as hardwoods or deciduous trees, are all considered to be net-veined or reticulate-veined. This means that the veins branch from the main rib and then sub ...

The Maryland Department of Agriculture announced there are worsening conditions of beech leaf disease in the state.

If you see trees showing some premature fall color in the top of the crown, an odd branch or chunk of the canopy top showing beautiful reds and oranges right now, that’s something to worry about.

Trees with two or more dominant leaders develop structurally weak branch angles that threaten to split under the weight of the canopy. Corrective pruning should be done to encourage a single leader.

Trees supply leaves with water because of a decrease in hydrostatic or water pressure into upper, leaf-bearing parts called crowns or canopies.

Evergreen trees and plants are those that, in general, keep their green leaves year-round. They eventually do drop their leaves, but it's usually ...

Figure 1. It may be winter, but these beech trees at Knox State Park in East Aurora, New York still have leaves on them. This is called marcescence.

Trees can make some adjustments to their leaves to better survive, but they have limits. “When I think about climate change, I think about plants first, because human survival depends on plants ...

Nature News: Squirrels aren't so bad after all Typical deciduous trees that lose their leaves every winter create a separation zone (abscission layer) between the leaf stem and the branch.