Use leaves, bark, and habitat to identify a cottonwood tree, and learn more about cottonwood's characteristics and locations.

Every year the eastern cottonwood trees in Michigan release their fluffy seeds. The end of June likely marks the end of this ...

Use leaves, fruit, and flowers to identify hardwood trees common to North American forests. Learn about species characteristics and locations.

Retired wildlife biologist Tami Gingrich details the unique qualities of the cottonwood tree, highlighting their showy seed ...

K-State horticulture experts shares why trees are holding onto leaves longer than usual. After a rapid drop in temperature from warm fall weather in Kansas, trees are keeping their leaves longer.

Harry Barclay says the peppercorn tree on his property loses its leaves when nearby cotton farms spray their plants with defoliant, but the environmental regulator says there is no proof of a link.

An apple may not fall far from the tree, but for a leaf, it depends on its shape. Elm or apple leaves — oval and symmetrical, with few protruding lobes — fall quickly, making them likely to ...

Two physicists from the Technical University of Denmark have found that leaf shape is a determining factor in the distance leaves travel as they fall from their tree. In their paper published in ...