Jerry Turney, senior biologist/plant pathologist with the Los Angeles County Department of Agricultural Commissioner discussing dying ficus microcarpa trees on Main Street in Alhambra Friday, May ...

The banyan fig tree Ficus microcarpa is famous for its aerial roots, which sprout from branches and eventually reach the soil. The tree also has a unique relationship with a wasp that has ...

Jerry Turney, senior biologist/plant pathologist with the Los Angeles County Department of Agricultural Commissioner discussing dying ficus microcarpa trees on Main Street in Alhambra Friday, May ...

The county’s thousands of ficus trees make up about 2 percent of its urban forest. Ficus microcarpa — the specific genus being targeted — have been popular in L.A. for more than 50 years.

A recent study in Ficus hispida genomics has unlocked the genetic mechanisms driving this fig tree's unique reproductive system. The fully sequenced genome, a first of its kind for Ficus, reveals ...

Scientific name: Ficus sp. Family: Moraceae. Description: Small- to medium-sized tree to 7 m tall. Leaves alternate, long-petioled, of various shapes from oblong, with obtuse base, blunt tip and ...