Although pollen has covered cars for weeks and allergy sufferers have been sneezing, we think of sex as being the realm of animals. But plant sex can be quite interesting, especially in species that ...

Scientists have known for some time that trees not only have a sex, but can sometimes switch between sexes. But they haven’t always known why. Now, as The Washington Post’s Amy Ellis Nutt reports, a ...

Looks Like: Striped maple is a shrubby tree of the forest understory, rarely exceeding 30 feet in height. Young trees have smooth green bark with pronounced vertical white striping. Striping ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Striped maples are boring-looking understory ...

It's not often that a scientist reaches into fantasy literature for the perfect analogy. “Usually trees take a long time to respond to their environment,” botanist Jennifer Blake-Mahmud said.

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. Beneath the forest canopy, or overstory, of towering trees is a second layer of vegetation known as the understory. It is composed of shrubs, saplings, ...

Beneath the forest canopy, or overstory, of towering trees is a second layer of vegetation known as the understory. It is composed of shrubs, saplings and understory trees that grow in the dappled ...

Sure, it was a crappy, cold March. And the first couple of weeks of April haven’t been much better. But as the weather warms up, it’s time to step outside, strain your neck and gaze aloft. Because ...

Striped maple tree leaves and flowers. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any ...

A striped maple tree forest. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information ...