Plants and trees extend their roots into the earth in order to draw nutrients and water from the soil—however, these roots ...

When it comes to making the most of those small yet trickier areas of a yard, choosing the right plants can make all the ...

The dwarf podocarpus (Podocarpus macrophyllus 'Pringles') is a small evergreen shrub that's easy to maintain and great for ...

For the first time in its history, Bangladesh is attempting to protect five species from extinction by increasing their ...

While still very cold, the growing season of the Alpine tundra is around 180 days. Plants that thrive in these conditions include dwarf shrubs, grasses, small-leafed shrubs, and heaths.

However, there are plenty of small or dwarf plants that have all the beauty of their taller plant cousins, but come in a compact package that’s perfectly sized for low profile homes with limited ...

At the same time, higher temperatures are spurring the northward march of shrubby vegetation onto the open tundra; the dark, leafy plants soak up more heat and ... of treelike shrubs such as willows ...

“This is an important, and overlooked, factor we need to consider as we seek to more fully understand climate change impacts on tundra ... as dwarf birch and harebell emerged later when grazers were ...

A new study highlights the importance of caribou and muskoxen to the greening Arctic tundra, linking grazing with plant phenology ... Some species, including dwarf birch and harebell, emerged ...

Some species, including dwarf birch and ... also impact the timing of plant growth and their productivity.” This is especially important considering that many caribou populations in the Arctic are in ...

Since the mid-1980s, herbaceous plants such as D. angustifolia have begun encroaching upon the alpine dwarf-shrub tundra from lower altitudes (Zong et al., 2016). Consequently, we utilized historical ...