Even though I am sure I have seen these all my life, I don’t remember ever noticing the actual seeds of birch trees until relatively recently. This is one of those things that is so easy to overlook, ...

For multiple seed collections of thinleaf alder (Alnus tenuifolia (Nutt.) Breitung [Betulacae]) and water birch (Betula occidentalis (Hook.) [Betulacae]), response to IDS (Incubation, Drying, and ...

Q. I have a clump birch that was planted in 1991. It has grown beautifully until this year. Long "seed worms" developed on two trunks, then shriveled up and now there are dead leaves on some of the ...

Seeds have been collected from dwarf birch trees near Loch Ness as part of the UK National Tree Seed Project. They will be stored in the underground vaults of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew's ...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) - A rusty brown substance is covering snow melting in Fairbanks, and foresters say it’s good news for people with allergies. The substance is a massive crop of birch seeds, ...

FAIRBANKS — The Fairbanks area is experiencing its annual melt-off this month, but the typical sight of dirty snow has been accentuated with a distinctive shade of rusty brown. The culprit is a ...

The seedlings are the first Betula chichibuensis seeds to be germinated by scientists in three decades UK scientists have successfully germinated seeds from the critically endangered Japanese Birch, a ...

Q: I'm thrilled to see my dipladenia full of buds. Thank you for all the good advice. — Karen Westrick, Fargo. A: Your dipladenia looks beautiful and ready for another summer outdoors. Your budding ...