Arid low desert and vegetated high desert meet in this beloved natural gem, offering visitors stunning vistas and rewarding ...

In 2021, Lake Michigan’s water levels rose and took down the sanctuary’s eastern fence. Beavers that lived in NU’s lagoon found their way in, and cut down many of the cottonwood trees.

leaving a moist plain covered by hardwood trees. Then, about 65 million years ago, a massive shift in the Earth’s tectonic plates caused a geological event known as the Laramide orogeny, which shoved ...

Winner of the 2020-2022 big tree hunt in the 15 years old or younger category. Aiden Presnell stands in front of the Eastern Cottonwood tree in Saline, Michigan, measuring at 208 inches around.

Flowering trees can make a big statement when they're in full bloom. Every yard should have at least one such tree.

PATAGONIA - What was long the nation's biggest cottonwood tree is dead, split into two slabs, its gargantuan trunk sprawling askew. Its base is hollow, its bark, rotting. Most of its leaves are ...

It seems fitting that Nebraska, which has chosen the cottonwood as its state tree, would have the largest one in the United States. The Nebraska Forest Service learned this week that a towering ...

Detroit — At Eastern ... The flower varieties from regional growers are, of course, plentiful — from begonias to zinnias, fuchsias to marigolds. But plenty of shrubs and even smaller trees ...

Detroit's Eastern ... said the flower, native to Michigan was “one of the most fragrant and beautiful flowered species of apple.” A member of the rose family, the crabapple tree ranges from ...

where it damaged mobile homes and campers and toppled a large cottonwood tree that fell on a home. In total, the tornado lasted for about two minutes and 30 seconds and had an estimated peak wind ...

Spring was in bloom Sunday as shoppers flocked to Detroit's Eastern Market to get the ... flowered species of apple.” The flower of a crabapple tree is bathed in sunlight April 22, 2025 in ...

Among the trees taken down were ash, beech, maple, linden, cottonwood, butternut and pine. Select Board member Joe Nowak questioned the need to cut down cottonwood and beech trees along Miller Brook ...