The bark of many pines and firs is scale-like, characterized by loonie-sized discs or plates that cover a tree. As these ...

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It is also a very long-lived species — up to 500 years and more. Three-foot diameter trees are not uncommon, and these would ...

Wrap up warm and step outside to enjoy the great outdoors. Essex is blessed with so many stunning walks from the Essex Way to the Saffron Trail, but there’s also lots of short walks ideal for a winter ...

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Paper birch, though, is so much more. According to the National Park Service, there is evidence of the trees being used by ...

When you're looking for plants for your landscape, you probably think about blooms and foliage, but here's a shrubby tree ...

Trees are known for absorbing CO2. But microbes in their bark also absorb other climate-active gases, methane, hydrogen, and ...

Tree bark has a total surface area similar to all of the land area on Earth. It is home to a wide range of microbial species ...

Australian researchers have discovered a hidden climate superpower of trees. Their bark harbors trillions of microbes that ...

We already knew forests were heavy lifters in reducing climate pollution. New research reveals the tiny microbes in tree bark ...