They like to eat the leaves and berries that are right on their eye level in South Florida yards. But supervising adults must stay vigilant. Some of these plants are poisonous. The phone of Chris ...

What is that tree that has yellow or pink flowers right now? I see it at the edge of wooded areas and in older neighborhoods. I can't find it in the nurseries. The reason you can't find it in ...

St. Paul, Minn. (September 14, 2005) – The recent discovery of citrus greening (huanglongbing) in samples collected from trees in South Florida poses a definite threat to Florida's $9 billion ...

Leafsnap is a free app that identifies plant species of all kinds, from flowers and bark to fruit and trees. Go for a walk, take a shot of a leaf, and this little wonder will identify the plant it ...

A new study, however, has found that an analysis of the reflective qualities of their leaves is a much quicker and easier alternative. The new plant identification technique was developed by a ...

Botanists still use a 19th-century method to identify plants known as "leaf architecture," which follows an exhaustive codebook of standards for examining the extraordinary variety of leaf veins ...

From museum to laptop: Visual leaf library a new tool for identifying plants Date: March 15, 2022 Source: Penn State Summary: Fossil plants reveal the evolution of green life on Earth, but the ...

How is one to tell the difference between itchy poison ivy and those harmless three-leaf native plants? Unfortunately, accurate poison ivy identification is quite challenging because poison ivy ...

When the plants were exposed to similar vibrations, such as those produced on the leaves during wind or in response to touch, the chemical defense was not observed. Appel suggests that the ...