Trees supply leaves with water because of a decrease in hydrostatic or water pressure into upper, leaf-bearing parts called crowns or canopies. This hydrostatic pressure difference "lifts" the ...

All tree leaves exhibit margins—the blade-like edges of the leaves—that are either serrated or smooth. Leaf margins can be finely classified based on at least a dozen unique characteristics.

Baobab trees may be a proxy for measuring long-term use of land by humans. They live long, have economic benefits, and are ...

Virginia may have a new ally in the fight against one of the most invasive insects threatening trees, crops, and other ...

One of these plants is the baobab tree, which looks like an up­side-down plant with its roots in the air. The baobab made the trip from Africa to the West In­dies dur­ing the height of the slave trade ...

The aim of this work was to perform the histological characterization of the C. sativa leaves of three Portuguese cultivars to establish comparison among the leaves of the different quadrants in ...

Leaf area has significant effect on tree transpiration, and its measurement is important to many study areas. This work aimed at developing a non-destructive, practical, and empirical method to ...

Apart from maintaining desirable soil pH levels, pine straw keeps the moisture in the soil from evaporating and helps the ground retain a consistent temperature. These effects protect azaleas' shallow ...

These statistics are a sample of the information offered in the Sustainability Office 's new online Bowdoin Tree Tour, which aims to acquaint people with the campus's most statuesque denizens. The ...