Maple seeds, sycamore seeds, whirlybirds or – if you live up north – spinning jennies. Whatever you call them, winged samara seeds are the helicopters of the natural world, whipping their blades ...
Acer pseudoplatanus, also known as the sycamore maple or plain sycamore in the UK, is a tree that’s often known more for its negative qualities than its positive – large, fast growing and prone to ...
We love the sycamore for its large leaves and cool canopy, and for a curious bark that peels to reveal a mottled pattern of greys and browns. However, we are not so sure about its fruits — at least, ...
The ‘hopeful’ saplings from the felled Sycamore Gap tree set to be planted - Forty-nine saplings were grown from seeds and material rescued from the tree, which grew along Hadrian’s Wall on land cared ...
An artistic tribute to the Sycamore of Hadrian’s Wall is to be auctioned for charity, one year on from when vandals felled the iconic tree. A forged steel replica of a sycamore seed, crafted by ...
Earlier this fall, the Something Wild team, Dave Anderson of the Forest Society, and Chris Martin and Grace McCulloch of NH ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Though it has been more than a few months since most trees produced their seeds, there are still a few that have yet to drop those seeds. Two of the most prominent street trees ...
CAPE CANAVERAL — A tiny tree seed that orbited the moon in an Apollo command module and grew to shade tourists at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex was lost to the winds of Hurricane Irma.
At last Friday night's annual Blacksburg Holiday Parade, the arborists riding on the Extreme Tree Company float departed from the usual candy tossing to throw my son a little Tree in a Box kit. This ...
Trees are the frosting on nature's cake. They dominate our landscape in the Midwest and define the changing seasons. Fall color is starting to appear in their leaves at the beginning of the ...
Atypical myopathy is prevalent and therefore a major threat to horse health in spring and autumn in the UK. It is a potentially fatal disease caused by a toxin found in the seeds and seedlings of the ...