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 ...

As the fall winds blow the remaining leaves from deciduous trees and the plants have gone dormant for the season, the bones ...

Peak fall foliage in Montana typically occurs in mid-October, with aspens, cottonwoods and elms providing most of the color.

Most leaf drop of deciduous trees and shrubs occurs by mid-December. Some plants will start dropping leaves as early as the second week of November while others drop leaves later. But of course, much ...

A chilly fall with bright, sunlit days will leads to the most vibrant color display. Rainy or cloudy days can lead to a ...

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 ...

Ludington State Park’s “tree identification pathway” has 14 signs with fun facts about trees that line both sides.

When it comes to deciduous shrubs and trees, fall and winter are the seasons they get serious about root growth. In places like Southern California, where the ground never freezes, roots never stop ...

Fall is ushered in by shorter days, cooler temperatures, football games all weekend long, and by falling leaves. When late ...

More severe and frequent fires in the Alaskan boreal forest are releasing vast stores of carbon and nitrogen from burned trees and soil into the atmosphere, a trend that could accelerate climate ...

Now is a great time to inspect your trees for torn limbs that need to be properly pruned. Many of my deciduous trees (trees that lose their leaves) are either just starting to put on new leaves or are ...