N.H. chestnut tree may rebirth species
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A healthy American chestnut tree discovered on a New Hampshire farm may serve as the "mother tree" to bring back a species nearly wiped out by Asian blight.
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U.S. biologists say although oak forests may be approaching extinction, lightning fires might play a vital role in their regeneration.
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By Naumann, Julie C Young, Donald R  NAUMANN, J. C. AND D. R. YOUNG (Department of Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284). Relationship between community structure and seed bank to describe successional dynamics of an Atlantic Coast maritime forest. J. Torrey Bot.
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By Mike Keller, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 14--The Coast's embattled urban trees are about to receive two types of help on Friday.
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By Courtney Flynn, Chicago Tribune  Jun. 8--In the eyes of a Northbrook developer, one centuries-old white oak tree on a wooded knoll may be all that stands in the way of a subdivision on land that has been fallow for years.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 21  /PRNewswire/ -- A dinosaur-era tree that was believed to have been extinct for 2 million years will be available for a limited time to U.S. residents who can help ensure its survival.
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By Mike Keller, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Jun. 5--There's something alluring about the supertrees soon to find their way to the Coast's urban forest.
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By Janice Gaston, Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.  Feb. 11--HILTON HEAD, S.C.   Late on a misty day, when the wind sighs through trees lining a deserted road and sets their beards of Spanish moss to fluttering, nature takes center stage here.
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By BOB HAYWOOD  A QUIET revolution among the birds and the bees is changing the face of wildlife in the Midlands.   This year's blazing hot summer - against a background of global warming - has brought exotic new species to the region which have not been seen for centuries, or ever.
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A NEW species of tree has been discovered on an island off Scotland's West Coast.   Naturalists found the Catacol whitebeam in a remote corner in the north of Arran.   It is a cross between two native species on the island and is found nowhere else in the world.
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Science & environment: The most successful revival of a British bird species notches up another two records.
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A fake Christmas tree may be more popular, but here&#39;s a new reason to appreciate the real thing: Researchers have identified a group of anti-inflammatory compounds in the bark of the Scotch pine -- widely used for Christmas trees -- that they say could be
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Trees bring both comfort and measurable benefits to urban environments. The problem is that roots don't flourish under pavement. Now scientists think they have a solution.
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By Nancy Brachey, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 17--Q. Over the past five to eight years, all my boxwoods have died or are dying, and the azaleas do not look that great. Half of them get morning sun and others are under tall trees.
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By Griscom, Bronson W Daly, Douglas C; Ashton, Mark S  GRISCOM, B. W. (Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT 06511), D. C. DALY (The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY 10458), AND M. S.
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A new species of tree that is not thought to grow anywhere else is found on an island off the west coast of Scotland.
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By Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah, Chicago Tribune  Jun. 14--Wooded Island's "Bird Man" is back -- but that doesn't mean Doug Anderson now approves of measures taken to remove several hundred shrubs and small trees on the bird-lover's paradise.