If you can't "learn to live with them," Neil Sperry suggests a ground cover that makes mowing around them unnecessary ...

The center of a tree or shrub stem (from roots to trunk, branches, and twigs) is woody, composed of xylem cells that conduct water from the roots to the upper parts of the tree. That woody section is ...

Saplings have smooth, brownish-green bark that eventually becomes gray or light brown with a distinct texture ... Tree of ...