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When these plants first bloom after 7-10 years of growth, they emit a powerful smell to attract beetles for pollination. The ...
Sean O'Brien, from the UNH Cooperative Extension, takes a look at how beech leaf disease spreads and the signs to help you ...
Stanford researchers discovered how plant cells decide whether to form breathing pores based on size and neighbor signals.
In a Swiss pine forest, the treetops are being sprayed with mist in a bid to discover the effect that drier or wetter air has ...
Weakened trees become more susceptible to environmental stresses and secondary pathogens. On ash trees, the buds, leaves, and sometimes twigs may become infected.
Werner advised anyone who notices beech leaf disease on their trees to call a local arborist. “We can do fertilization and feeding to ensure the tree has all the nutrients it needs,” he said.
Scientists already knew that tree leaves can change color when a nearby volcano becomes more active, but this collaboration aims to observe the mechanism using satellite imagery. Given that there ...
Deciduous trees shed their leaves annually, losing around 40 percent of the carbon they have assimilated, and substantial amounts of nutrients in the process. But they do not have to be lost ...
An apple may not fall far from the tree, but for a leaf, it depends on its shape. Elm or apple leaves — oval and symmetrical, with few protruding lobes — fall quickly, making them likely to ...
Jerm's Better Leaves is another great resource pack for tree leaves in Minecraft. This resource pack looks similar to Motschen's, but it adds even more 3D textures coming out of leaf blocks.
Besides its branches, roots, and leaves, a mature tree also grows another important structure—the flower (or cone, in the case of evergreens). Flowers are the reproductive structures from which ...
The fan-shaped leaves of the ginkgo tree stay firmly attached, waiting for the right moment to decide to fall. The tree-letting process is amazingly complex.