Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. Beneath the forest canopy, or overstory, of towering trees is a second layer of vegetation known as the understory. It is composed of shrubs, saplings, ...

I was up in the mountains this past weekend and got to visit with one of my favorite trees — the striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum). I did some googling and it turns out striped maples are a lot of ...

Looks Like: Striped maple is a shrubby tree of the forest understory, rarely exceeding 30 feet in height. Young trees have smooth green bark with pronounced vertical white striping. Striping ...

Although pollen has covered cars for weeks and allergy sufferers have been sneezing, we think of sex as being the realm of animals. But plant sex can be quite interesting, especially in species that ...

The colors of fall are busting out on trees and shrubs across Pennsylvania as the chemistry in their leaves makes the annual autumnal shift. Spring through summer high levels of green chlorophyll have ...

Biologists report that striped maples not only change their sex periodically, but that they can wait until the last minute - three weeks before flowering - to do it. The switch appears to be triggered ...

Sure, it was a crappy, cold March. And the first couple of weeks of April haven’t been much better. But as the weather warms up, it’s time to step outside, strain your neck and gaze aloft. Because ...

From vivid reds to golden yellows, the science behind autumn’s colors reveals how weather, tree species and chemistry combine ...

Tonight's FarmVille update will give even the most traditional farmer a cause for celebration. If you're the kind of player that likes to master each and every crop released in the game, make sure to ...