The squiggly trunks and branches of Black Locust stand out in the winter landscape. Photos by Katie Finch Leaves are probably the most common feature used to identify trees. But in winter, when so ...

For more than a thousand years in eastern North America, anyone who wanted to build a house or replace a roof, or maybe just needed a few storage bins, a canoe, and a snow shovel, knew where to shop.

James Weldon receives funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Elm trees were once stalwarts of the UK countryside that towered out of hedgerows, lined fields and woodlands.