If you look closely at dead or downed trees in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, you might discover miniature forests ...

SUPREME COURT’S LEAKED DRAFT OPINION. KELLY: TIME NOW FOR THIS WEEK’S ASK KELLY SEGMENT. PATTY GRACE NOTICED SOMETHING WHILE OUT AND ABOUT. MAYBE YOU’VE NOTICED IT TOO. SHE SENT ME THIS PICTURE AND ...

Lichens on stone, those "still explosions" as the great American poet Elizabeth Bishop named them, remain unseen to most, which is remarkable when you consider how commonplace they are. It seems these ...

Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. Haley ...

Question: Please help! I just noticed that my wild plum tree in my backyard has some sort of fungus growing on it. Is there anything I can do, or is it diseased beyond repair? It was healthy this ...

As the early morning sunlight lasers over the horizon, autumn tumbles in amid flurries of fluttering leaves, glowing golden, orange-y, and scarlet. Fall has arrived, yet the weather remains quite warm ...

It’s been estimated that some 20,000 species of lichens cover 6 to 8% of the planet’s land surfaces, even though referring to the existence of even one species of lichen is just plain crazy talk. In ...

An oak tree in my yard has a large growth on it. It doesn’t seem to be hurting the tree, but should I be concerned? — B.I. It sounds like you are describing what is known as a burl. Burls are round or ...

Often mistaken for primitive plants such as moss (if they are even noticed in the first place), lichens are actually not plants at all. They are a group of versatile symbiotic life-forms that play ...

The Penn State Extension of Berks County Master Gardeners will be featuring questions and answers to inquiries received through their Garden Hotline. Q: What are those blue-green growths on trees and ...

Q. Please tell me what this is. Is it the reason my redbud tree is dying by degrees? I’ve also seen some on my Japanese maple and a Virginia pine. Should I be worried? — J. Castelloe, Chesapeake. A.

If you take a close look at some of the more established trees in your landscape, you may notice something you cannot seem to describe – it may look to you like a kind of fungus on your tree trunk. Is ...