That’s the term gardening advocates use to describe landscaping our homes, balconies and parks with mostly plants ... native prairie ecosystems can absorb and hold as much carbon as a forest ...

A new study from Aarhus University shows that most native forest plants are adapted to semi-open, light-filled woodlands—formed over millions of years by the influence of large, free-ranging ...

sweet bay magnolia and some edible plants such as blueberries, as well as ferns and native grasses. “We’re trying to mimic an actual forest,” Gupta said. “There are so many different types of plants ...

Native plants make sense. Using them in the landscape ... open forested habitats, usually along the forest edge where they get a mix of sun and shade. Large white flowers produce bright-red ...

Standing in a field of dry native grasses, Marianne Kozlowski pinches a fluffy spike of Indian grass between her thumb and index finger, then pulls. The plant’s soft seeded bristles fall into ...