Although the source of culinary bay leaf (Laurus nobilis) is not indigenous to North America, two of its relatives — red bay (Persea borbonia) and swamp bay (P. palustris) — both grow wild in ...

If the towering cottonwood that stood in front of Old Main could have talked, it would have had a lot to say about the last 140 years. It stood guard on commencement day. It was blanketed with heavy ...