Fall in New York is my favorite season for one reason—it means it’s time once again for Architectural Record’s Innovation Conference (Oct. 6-7), where we get to hear reports from the outer—and ...

Providing height and structure, trees are key not only to our gardens but are crucial for our ecosystems. Their attractive features, whether foliage, fruits, flowers or bark, enrich both our and the ...

Large-scale satellite data has shown that while large trees expand their crown during the dry season, small trees drop leaves – possibly due to limited light availability in the shaded understory. A ...

A cylindrical, concrete shade structure designed with the aesthetics of the surrounding desert landscape in mind was recently unveiled at Joshua Tree National Park. The Carapace Pavilion — named for a ...

Grassy box gum woodlands once covered millions of square kilometres in southeastern Australia, but today less than 5% remains. The loss of large old trees has been a crisis for the many species of ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Leaf shapes play an important role in tree identification, providing key ...