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Birch beer is usually clear or lightly colored (though versions also exist in red, brown, and even blue, depending on the ...
Dead and dying trees around town show the effects of infestation by the bronze birch borer.
Root and Branch is the RTÉ lyric fm podcast all about our native trees presented by Brían Mac Gloinn and Anja Murray. Episode 1 tells the tale of the birch tree and the importance of this ...
To create the perfect grassy look around tree roots, you need to plant grasses that do well under those conditions - and here are a few you can choose from.
When tree roots get big enough that they're killing off the surrounding grass, it's time to replace the grass with a different groundcover or a cover of mulch.
The bronze birch borer is a serious pest, and once a tree is infested it takes effort to treat the tree and have it regain its health. First signs of attack are thinning and dieback of upper branches.
For the first time, researchers have shown that birch trees absorb microplastics through their roots during the growth phase. Good news, because soils are many times more polluted with microplastics ...
Interior Alaska s hot and dry summer of 2013, coupled with an invasion of insect pests, has taken a steep toll on the region s birch trees, experts say.
Watertown-based Botanical Springs taps 13,000 trees in the foothills of Montgomery, Vt., and produces small batches of syrup. But some isn’t maple — it’s birch.
TRAVERSE CITY — Many a tree fell when the storm of August 2015 raged through. Now one of the storm's arboreal victims near Slabtown has been replaced.