You do not build a jaw-dropping garden with petunias and polite hydrangeas. You build it with plants that make people stop mid-sentence, tilt their heads, and ask, “What on earth is that?” Rare plants ...

Hawaii is home to some of the most rare and stunning plants in the world. They may be uncommon and wild, but there are ...

Two rare trees with ties to colonial-era Philadelphia soon will grace the steps to Carpenters' Hall in Old City. The 6-foot-tall Franklinia Alatamaha trees, better known as Franklin trees, will be ...

SOCOTRA, Yemen -- On a windswept plateau high above the Arabian Sea, Sena Keybani cradles a sapling that barely reaches her ankle. The young plant, protected by a makeshift fence of wood and wire, is ...

Mining exploration near Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge threatens to disrupt complex groundwater systems and government ...

Introduction -- Trees and their ecosystems. Tropical rainforests ; Tropical cloud forests ; Tropical dry forests ; Temperate and boreal forests ; Islands -- Trees and their uses. Medicine, poisons, ...

Working with South African daisies, Colombian magnolias and Philippine coffee trees, botanists the world over are discovering the secrets to bringing extremely rare and threatened plants back from the ...

The rise in plant-collecting has led to an increase in stolen-plant trafficking, which can threaten endangered species.

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