The pathogen that killed off the American chestnut arrived in New York City before 1900, carried on Japanese chestnut saplings imported by horticulturalists for commercial sale.

As part of a statewide project ahead of America’s 250th birthday next year, a sapling descended from a historic “Liberty Tree” — a meeting place for American revolutionaries — was ...

Many were small saplings and easily uprooted for transport to a new location. Eventually our ancestors made a habit of transplanting the American Elm saplings with each spare moment.

Many were small saplings and easily uprooted for transport to a new location. Eventually our ancestors made a habit of transplanting the American Elm saplings with each spare moment, ...

These 5 tree species are dying. Scientists are racing to save them. Invasives have largely wiped out the American chestnut and elm, caused “hell” with the beech, and are now wreaking havoc on ...

American Elm is reopening for Mother’s Day weekend, two weeks after two of the restaurant’s employees were killed in a tragic double homicide. The West Highland restaurant, located at 4132 W ...

American elm is known for the wonderful shade trees of years past. It would not be unusual to have these trees rapidly grow to 100 feet tall and spread out to shade a 60-foot radius in the cities.

It might have been a sapling on that early morning in 1763, when Chief Pontiac prevailed at what's now Elmwood Cemetery in Detroit. ... the American elm's base has spread and its crown has risen.

The Survivor Tree—a once-scarred American elm that grew near the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building—has become a powerful emblem of resilience in the face of domestic terrorism.

Saplings have been planted where a tree had stood in Beauly for more than 800 years A sapling believed to be from "Europe's oldest" wych elm has been planted at the site of the ancient tree. The ...

As part of a statewide project ahead of America’s 250th birthday next year, a sapling descended from a historic “Liberty Tree” — a meeting place for American revolutionaries — was ...