Native to eastern North America, Mexico and Central America, this member of the rose family, Rosaeceae, is related to the orchard trees; apples, plums, peaches, cherries, almonds and apricots, as ...

He noted that the local tribe Tongva (Gabrielinos) used fruits such as cherries, grass seeds, and other wild seeds. Wild Cherry Tree Identification ...

I’ve had several questions from readers this spring about webs filled with caterpillars in tree limbs. These are most likely Eastern tent caterpillars (Malacosoma americanum) and are often seen along ...

There were apple trees that produced gnarled and knobby little apples and fields of tall grasses and wildflowers. There were also wild cherry trees and the occasional mulberry that produced sweet ...

Flowering wild cherry and Bradford pear trees, whose flowers look amazingly alike, stood out like beacons among still leafless other trees. But you don't have to be a botanist to tell the ...

The wild ancestors of common domestic fruit trees are in danger of becoming extinct, scientists have warned. Researchers have published a "red list" of threatened species that grow in the forests of ...