Pecan nuts typically require long, hot summers for proper maturation, typical of the current growing areas. Trees are monoecious (male and female flowers on the same tree). Male flowers are located on ...

My wife and I are blessed to have several large oak trees around our home. Truth be told, I need to have some cut down as they are too close to the house and in declining health. But the catkins were ...

The city will also gradually reduce the number of female willow and poplar trees to curb catkin production at its source, she said. Authorities are also using high-tech solutions. Flocculants ...

Oak and pecan tree saplings are being given away by Cass-Morgan Farm Bureau through a partnership with Living Lands & Waters, a group dedicated to protecting, preserving and restoring nature.

In each experiment, tree species were planted in blocks, creating a mosaic of forest patches of the same age and species. Some experiments were established up to 60 years ago. Tree heights were ...

Together with the oceans, they are one of the two most important carbon sinks, due to their capacity to store carbon in the soil and in tree biomass. As such, promoting fast-growing trees could ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — After decades on Sixth Street in downtown Austin, the Pecan Street Festival is moving this spring. According to a press release, the festival will relocate to Bee Cave.

Searching for more catkins I came across a pileated woodpecker that had just excavated a huge hole in the bottom of a spruce tree and watched as it climbed up and down the trunk searching for bugs ...

Twenty million trees will be planted and 2,500 hectares (6,178 acres) of new woodland created in the west of England as part of a "national forest" drive, the government has announced. The Western ...