Throughout Madison County, much of our forest is dominated by a tall, pale-barked tree that grows ramrod straight. Often called “yellow poplar” by loggers and sawmill owners, it’s also known as “tulip ...

DULUTH — It’s been said that the true meaning of life is planting a tree "under whose shade you do not expect to sit," a hint, of course, that you’ll likely be dead before the tree gets that tall. But ...

As winter begins to ebb in a few weeks, people will be thinking about landscape issues again. An unfortunate question I am sometimes asked is similar to this: “I lost my prized shade tree! What can I ...

Two genome-edited poplar trees on the right, and one wild-type tree on the left. Credit: University of Maryland Trees play a big role in the fight against climate change: They can soak up carbon ...

SEBEKA, Minn. -- While researchers rush to develop new biomass sources for cellulosic ethnanol, Minnesota for a decade has been working on short-rotation, intensive of culture trees for energy and ...

Model for mitochondrial homeostasis mediated by PtoRFL30 during wood formation in poplar. During wood formation, nuclear-encoded protein PtoRFL30 targets mitochondria, and affects mitochondrial ...

" Human-driven climate change, deforestation for infrastructure, intensive forestry, logging, and global trade in tree species all play a role. Fast-growing trees are often actively promoted because ...