If plants were capable of expressing emotions similar to humans, area mesquite trees might literally turn green with envy and become jealous of another area leguminous tree species. This inhabitant of ...

Q: Attached are two photos of a thorn tree I came across while cutting firewood. I've never seen anything like it - thorns encircling the entire trunk, and huge thorns (5 to 6 inches long) at that.

Q: What kind of tree has these giant thorns (see picture)? One person told me locust and another said that’s not it. Can one trim them off with a chainsaw? A: This tree trunk is a honey locust ...

The mechanisms governing seed distribution and distance are complex. Dandelion seeds fly away on gossamer wings … shrub yellowroot seeds sail away on flotation bladders … Velcro-like seeds cling to ...

Q: This past spring, I had a honey locust tree cut down and the trunk ground up, hoping to grow grass in the space. However, during this hot, humid summer, hundreds of little trees have sprouted all ...

Q: Attached are two photos of a thorn tree I came across while cutting firewood. I've never seen anything like it – thorns encircling the entire trunk, and huge thorns (5 to 6 inches long) at that.