Building monstrous mounds of mulch — known as mulch volcanoes — around the base of a young tree creates several immediate ...

Trees are more than just beautiful additions to our surroundings—they are vital to the health of our environment and the well-being of our communities. They provide shade, improve air quality, enhance ...

Recently, the Pitch Canker, a fungal disease, has been adding stress to the Torrey pines at the Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve.

The New York Restoration Project has launched an effort to plant 1,000 thriving American chestnut trees that are a hybrid ...

First, it creates a similar situation that the tree would encounter if ... organisms to live up close to the bark and can result in all kinds of cankers, rots, and crown rots.