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This Japanese forest grass variety gets its name from its gold-like color, which is especially beautiful in summertime sunlight. In the fall, the grass transforms into a rich red-tan hue.
The cover of "Sea of Grass" and authors Dave Hage and Josephine Marcotty. (Courtesy of Penguin Random House and Chris Bentley/Here & Now) The North American prairie rivals the Amazon rainforest in ...
By Marlowe Starling Not all agroforestry projects are funded equally, suggests a new comment paper published in Nature ...
The first English word for “lawn” dates back to the early 1500s, described as an “open space among trees.” Lawns today are a far cry from that description, but they’ve come to dominate ...
In 2005, WWF initiated a Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) programme in the Fandriana-Marolambo landscape situated in Madagascar’s iconic moist forest. The landscape, harbouring fragmented forest ...
Trees growing together within a forest don’t develop that way; they grow up straight, competing for light. “The wolf tree tells you that tree was there when it was a field,” he said.
The grass beneath their feet couldn’t have been further from their mind. But to those charged with maintaining Brooks Field, storming spelled disaster. The next home game loomed five short days ...
The web of life is complex and includes everything from microbes to man. The interesting thing, or discouraging, depending on your viewpoint, is that virtually all living things survive by killing.