English ivy (Hedera helix), a heavy, woody vine with handsome, dark-green, waxy leaves, is believed to have been brought to the New World by European colonists in the 1700s. They likely appreciated ...

A prominent Zimbabwean illustrator and animator has embarked on a project to replace "silly" colonial-era names of trees with their native ones. Tafadzwa Tarumbwa wants names like sausage tree and ...

Thought to have been brought over by the Romans thousands of years ago, the English elm used to be the most commonly found tree in southern England. But it’s unlikely you’ve seen one in its full ...

Trees are more than just part of the landscape - they are life-support systems for the planet. From giving us oxygen to ...

The bois d’arc is a tree with many names, including beau d’arc, Osage orange, horse apple, hedge apple and bodark. French explorers named the tree bois d’arc (wood of the bow) because the American ...

The English oak tree looks set to become a cornerstone of future reforestation projects and timber plantations in Europe, as one of the only native species flexible enough to survive the rapid climate ...

Boise has been known as the City of Trees since its founding in 1863, but it was a generation before the name began to fit. “Boise” derives from the French word for “wooded,” the name French-speaking ...