The roots of certain chaparral species, and trees like coastal oaks and laurel sumac ... increasing their fire resistance. Take oak trees in particular; these have evolved to resist wildfires. With ...

Honey fungus is the most serious fungal disease affecting garden trees and shrubs in this country. With young trees and shrubs, death can be very sudden, while older trees may take many years to die.

From the tree’s perspective, the bark may have varied functions. Tree bark is involved with water storage and with mechanical support of the tree. Coastal redwood trees commonly have extremely ...

Oak wilt is one of the deadliest tree diseases in the United States, killing millions of oak trees across 76 Texas counties.

As climate change and pests put increasing pressure on forests, the right forest management practices are emerging as key to preserving biodiversity. A recent study published in Forest Ecosystems ...

Anyone who has an oak tree in their garden is being warned over the possible risks it could pose to your house - and the legal trouble you could be in if you cut it down, too. Oak trees ...

required huge volumes of oak bark in the manufacturing process. Housebuilding had a similarly deleterious impact. According to the arboreal ecologist and historian Oliver Rackham in his Trees and ...

In this woodworking video I use a woodturning lathe to turn a chunk of rippled oak into a wooden bowl. Marianne Faithfull, British singer and Rolling Stones muse, dies at 78 16 Types of Bills You ...

A village is rejoicing after a beloved 150-year-old oak tree was spared from being chopped down. Residents of Cowfold have been locked into a lengthy battle to save a 150-year-old oak tree they ...

The Jackson Fire Department responded to the fire at Oak Tree Lounge, 617 Oak St., just before noon Friday, Jan. 24. Flames were spotted inside the kitchen near the fryers and coming out of the ...