With the obvious exception of conifers, the trees around us now mostly look bare. Pines, spruces, balsams, cedars and junipers continue holding their green needles throughout the winter, being adapted ...

The dark foliage of conifer trees dominates much of our landscape. It gets to be a bit overwhelming at times, so I’m always glad when spring leaf-out brings fresh, bright greens of the deciduous tree ...

In elementary school, most of us learned the basic differences between deciduous and coniferous trees. Deciduous trees have leaves that change color and drop in the fall, and coniferous trees have ...

Effects of seed size and phenology on the establishment of five deciduous broad-leaved tree species were examined in deciduous woodland. Treatments included absence and presence of litter in the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract 1. Many tree species undergo large fluctuations from year to year in seed production, a phenomenon known as masting. The resource budget model ...

On a brisk September morning, Brian Palik’s footfalls land quietly on a path in flickering light, beneath a red-pine canopy in Minnesota’s iconic Northwoods. A mature red pine, also called Norway pine ...

If you want to be a true outdoorsman or woman, and a true survivor, you’ve got to become a plant person. I know, I know—it’s not as cool to walk around with your nose in a book as it is to sling lead ...

This is the time for daydreaming, for letting imagination take the lead—before turning to the exciting work of planning this ...