The center of a tree or shrub stem (from roots to trunk, branches, and twigs) is woody, composed of xylem cells that conduct water from the roots to the upper parts of the tree. That woody section is ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The state of Michigan has approved $3.6 million in grants to help fund projects to ward off invasive species, including hydrilla and the hemlock woolly adelgid. The ...

GRAND HAVEN, MI –. Grand Haven is engaged in an ongoing battle against invasive threats to its forests, a fight that continues with emerging technologies and dedicated citizen and staff involvement.

GRAND HAVEN, MI – Hemlock trees – those beautiful feathery evergreens – are dying in alarming numbers along West Michigan’s coast. But you can save them, one at a time. An “Adopt-a-Hemlock” effort in ...

To the editor: On one of the hemlocks on my property, I noticed damage that corresponds to descriptions of the hemlock borer pest online: “The hemlock borer (Phaenops fulvoguttata) prefers to attack ...

Trees can be identified in winter by observing their needles, bark, branching patterns, and buds. Distinctive bark, such as the smooth gray bark of a beech or the peeling white bark of a paper birch, ...