However, a young tree may look entirely different from the parent tree. A forest-grown tree may grow tall and slender while his field-grown cousin develops a maximum crown in the open sun.

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. The most accurate way foresters determine the age of a tree is by ...

The arrival of new plant pests and diseases is likely to severely damage UK trees and woodlands in the coming decades, new research shows. The ash dieback epidemic prompted the government to ...

There are always exceptions but, in most trees, the tap root usually dies off early in the life of the tree and does not continue growing. Other root myths include: Roots just grow out from the ...

Vanhorn says that Christmas tree growers plant for losses each year and it would take a much more severe drought to affect the growth of their trees. He also added that once most trees start to ...