The forests of the South Taconic Range, encompassing public access points in the Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York tri ...

The birch trees in this photo appear to have been infested with bronze birch borer, as indicated by the dead upper branches where larvae have disrupted the flow of water and nutrients.

Q: In the spring of 1986 we planted a European weeping white birch in the middle of our rose garden. It was looking great until about two months ago when it started looking paler and paler. All the ...

Sometimes a plant’s reputation is shaped by how humans utilise it. Take the poppy for example, topical at this time of year. The common field poppy (Papaver rhoeas) was adopted as the emblem of ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. - A voracious insect - the bronze birch borer - is picking off beloved birch trees throughout Oregon. Common for many years in Eastern Oregon, the hard-to-control beetle first showed ...