Conifers are foundational to ecosystems globally, providing critical environmental and economic value. Yet, their long life cycles slow traditional breeding methods, positioning somatic ...

Thus, conifers tend to have thinner leaf and canopy ... It describes the linkage of the physical environment with the biological processes in plant canopies and is defined as The decoupling ...

A wide variety of mosses and lichens cover many of the exposed rock surfaces in this severe mountaintop environment. A forest community not typically recognized in most descriptions of Adirondack ...

Unlike their towering (and also long-lived) fellow conifers, the sequoias ... Clearly, bigger is not better in such a brutal environment as that found at high altitude in the White Mountains ...

WASHINGTON— The Environmental Protection Agency has announced that the ... will also be prohibited along U.S. roadsides and on conifers on public and private lands, including forests and Christmas ...

Pioneer species like grasses, ferns, and mānuka are proposed to be used to restore soil structure and support the growth of ...

Conifers bring structure and year-round interest to a garden. Cuttings can be taken from late summer to the end of autumn, but it's a slow process and can take almost a year for shoots to make ...

SEATTLE — Gardening expert Ciscoe Morris said pruning dwarf conifers can be tricky in the Evergreen State because they never stop growing here. He demonstrated on his Hinoki cypress spiralis.