Area residents will have the opportunity to hone their tree identification skills during October at the Dr. Elizabeth Yahl ...

Stacker used information from forestry and landscaping sites to compile a quiz to identify trees by looking at their leaves.

Do you know what MADBUC stands for? Learn how to identify an ash tree by examining its compound leaves, opposite branching, and distinctive terminal bud. That terminal bud resembles the head of a ...

Have you noticed that some trees seem to put on their fall colors weeks before their neighbors? There’s actually a reason!

Written by Smithsonian botanist W. John Kress, the book details more than 300 North American tree species in words, maps and photographs—and why we shouldn’t take them for granted Jennie Rothenberg ...

Near infrared hyperspectral imaging (NIR-HSI) spectroscopy can be a rapid, precise, low-cost and non-destructive way for wood identification. In this study, samples of five Guiboutia species were ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. This four-part Mongabay mini-series examines the latest technological solutions to help tree-planting projects achieve scale and long-term ...