Cousins Tanisha Tucker Lohse and Maria Francisco set off from their desert camp around dawn on most early summer days, in search of ripe fruit from the towering saguaro cactus, an icon of the ...

What is your favorite flower? One common answer is the sunflower (Helianthus annuus). Although they are popular for ...

For members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, the centuries-old sacred harvest of saguaro fruit from the desert around Tucson is ...

The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its thorn-covered small fruit ...

The smell of sassafras sure brings back memories. While I still don’t care for the taste, you may find you like it. Give it a try and see what you think.

Sassafras trees, which are small, are now covered with yellowish blossoms. Small flowering dogwoods, which are common in our area especially along the edges of woods, are beginning to show white ...

Penn’s Woods: Pennsylvania’s Great Outdoors Spring trees bloom across region as butterflies and hummingbirds return | Lehigh Valley Nature Watch Published: Apr. 26, 2025, 7:00 a.m.

Sassafras trees prefer moist, well-drained, acidic soils and grow on a variety of sites, but are best known as pioneering species, found on disturbed sites and able to survive fire, the release ...

With an 85% average germination rate, it's surprisingly easy to grow Sassafras from seed. The large seeds pack enough nutrients that the Sassafras seedling can do well even in shady spots and poor ...

Maple Maple (Acer) trees contain a tremendous number of species—about 125, although five are much more common in North America than the rest. The majority of maples are known for their simple ...