Highly valued economically, ecologically and culturally, the white oak (Quercus alba) is a keystone forest species and is one of the most abundant trees across much of eastern North America. It also ...
LONDON (AP) — It’s been a year since a sycamore tree that stood high and proud near the Roman landmark of Hadrian’s Wall in the north of England was inexplicably chopped down, triggering a wave of ...
When Dolly Parton’s Welsh and English ancestors landed on American shores more than a century ago, settling in the Appalachian mountain regions of Tennessee and North Carolina, they could scarcely ...