Heavy continuous rain led to dramatic flooding in areas of the Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate. Oak trees in particular suffered from the late frost in April. Significant defoliation remains high ...

The Best of NeoCon Awards remain a powerful snapshot of an industry in motion—where materials, systems, and furnishings are ...

Searching for wisdom, columnist Kristin Neva realizes that living with ALS involves being stripped of a lot of things — like ...

Barbecue in the United States is evolving, and while the South remains central to its identity, cities outside the region ...

Along the rugged coastline of Maine, Acadia National Park is one of the most visited national parks in the US. It offers a sublime landscape to explore, with the Atlantic’s deep azure waters crashing ...

The wear patterns most closely matched those that resulted from stripping pine bark. The research team expanded their analysis to other tree species, such as alder and birch, based on pollen data.

The holm oak, which has grown here for around 500 years, is evergreen and has a distinctive square-marked bark. Alder: Italian alders were introduced here around 200 years ago, and have a heart sh ...

The most common North American tree is considered to be the red alder. It has oval-shaped leaves and reddish-brown bark. It can grow as tall as 100 feet and is found mainly in the western U.S. and ...

You may also see them under red alder stands. Salmonberries ripen from ... papery, or flaking bark. Salmonberry flowers are large and have five delicate, rose-like petals colored a deep ...

The carefully monitored fire at the Alder Creek Grove in California was ... with their spongy, reddish bark about a foot and a half thick and their broccoli-like crowns high above the ground.