The trunk of a pine or oak tree grows in a radial pattern; the annual rings effectively make a series of hollow cylinders inside each other, says Metcalfe. Meanwhile, the stem of a palm tree is ...

But not every palm tree is a coconut tree ... You won’t find any tree rings inside their trunks, which aren’t even trunks at all but are actually stems. Their leaves are either fan-shaped ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, palm fronds can collapse and encase a tree trimmer if they cut or pull dead fronds, adjacent fronds or a ring of fronds. “The weight ...

An unassuming tree growing on a central reservation along Derby’s ring road has been marked as an historic monument by internet pranksters. The diminutive palm sits on the dividing barrier ...

Crews rescued a man from a 50-foot palm tree on May 10, but he tragically died from his injuries. He was working as a tree trimmer when authorities say a tree skirt fell on him, leaving him ...

A Phoenix tree trimmer died after police said he became stuck in a 50-foot palm tree. Phoenix police said on Sunday, May 11 that Jaime Yepiz, 43, died of his injuries after he was hospitalized in ...