Tenn. Seeks Help in Plant Categorization
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State officials are calling on the public to help them count and categorize all the plants and animals in Tennessee's 54 parks.
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Science writer Cheryl Lyn Dybas will be online to answer questions about the discovery of a plant that contains a powerful anti-inflammatory substance.
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North Carolina is trying to boost the buzz surrounding the state's crops. As farmers leave tobacco and move into new crops like cucumbers, melons, and berries, the state is confronting a crisis: it simply doesn't have enough honeybees to pollinate all those flowering plants.
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By BRYAN CORBIN, Courier & Press Statehouse bureau (317) 631-7405 or corbinb@courierpress.com  Planting new hardwood trees to restore forestland and link disconnected nature preserves in Southwestern Indiana will be funded through a donation announced Tuesday.
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By Allyson Bond, High Point Enterprise, N.C.  Jun. 17--RANDOLPH COUNTY -- A rare species of flower will remain in its natural habitat in RandolphCounty.
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By Arline A. Fleming; Journal Staff Writer  Swamp Azalea, mountain laurel, cranberry viburnum, jack-in-the- pulpit and wild bleeding heart are among the plants from the Great Swamp that will be on display this weekend.
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By By Melanie Sill, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Jun.
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11/11/2004 - The US Department of Agriculture&#39;s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service yesterday confirmed the presence of the countryâs first case of soybean rust, found on soybean leaf samples taken from two plots in Louisiana.
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Leaf peepers headed to northern New England this fall can keep up with computerized maps that predict where the colors will be.
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By Lentz-Cipollini, Kendra A; Dunson, William A  ABSTRACT  Seventeen seasonal ponds in Pennsylvania containing the federally endangered northeastern bulrush, Scirpus ancistrochaetus, were sampled for water chemistry, hydrology, and plant population area.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has designated about 50 acres in Hays and Comal counties as critical habitat for two species of beetles and a shrimp-like crustacean.
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To: ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS  Contact: Jeff Miller of the Center for Biological Diversity, +1- 510-499-9185  TUCSON, Ariz., Dec.
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New research centers in Tennessee, Wisconsin and California will try to develop new ways of turning switchgrass, poplar trees and other plants into fuel under a $375 million plan announced Tuesday by the Energy Department.
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The federal government and a nonprofit group are buying the land from local farmers to ensure its biodiversity is preserved. BY LISA J. ADAMS /Associated Press.
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By Angie Herrington, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn.  Jun. 9--From nurseries and golf courses to carpet mills and farmers, the list of those affected by the severe drought gripping the tri-state region is growing longer.
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A collaboration of botanists and computer scientists is being awarded a $50 million federal grant to conduct research into plant biology with an eye toward resolving global problems related to agriculture, environment and energy production.
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By Debbie Gebolys, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Jun. 17--In the rolling landscape north of Scioto Downs, a colony of agricultural researchers and greenhouse entrepreneurs toils a short walk from their ecologically sensitive homes.