Redwood trees are very important to the lumber companies because the trees are so large that each one can be cut into lots of lumber. However, many of the trees are protected in the Redwood National Park. Lumber companies cannot cut trees that grow there. This is so the...
Yes, because trees have developed some amazing inventions! For example, trees living on land must move water from their roots to their leaves—against the force of gravity. The California redwood, also called sequoia, is the tallest ...
Have you ever looked up at a redwood tree and wondered how old it is? Tu B’shvat is a Jewish holiday that celebrates the birthday of the trees. But exactly how many candles do we put on a birthday cake for a tree when we don’t know how old it is? Deborah Newbrun, a naturalist...
The process, known as vegetative reproduction, is how strawberries and many other plants reproduce. Pando is 47,000 trees spread across 106 acres (43 hectares) and may be up to 80,000 years old [source: Grant]. But in testament to the massive size of California redwoods, this batch of ...
The largest tree in the world is a 2,100-year-old redwood named General Sherman. Its species,Sequoiadendron giganteum,is known to grow many other of the largest trees on the planet. This tree is located in Sequoia National Park in California. This tree is the largest by volume being 275...
They are eitherterrestrial orchids, with roots in the ground, orepiphytes– air plants attached to trees that get water from the air. Many epiphyte orchids have aerialorchid roots. Recreating these growing conditions means providing appropriate light exposure, irrigation, temperature, planting medium,...
Botanists must specialize in a niche. Studying high alpine moss or alternative fuels is very different than studying prairie grass or sending plants to Mars. In fact, botanists have many job titles – forest ecologist,mycologist, toxicologist,plant breeder, interpretive naturalist, wetland conservation...
—How’s your brother these days—He hasn’t been very well just recently.—(). What’ s the matter—I think he’ s been overworking.
United States. National Park Service // New York Public Library Fern Lake Located in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, Fern Lake is one of many stops on the Fern Lake Trail. Shown here is an early explorer's boat tied up lakeside dating between the late 1800s and the early 1900...
Celebrating its 150th Anniversary, many thought this would be the busiest year ever for Yellowstone National Park, however, flooding has put that in jeopardy.