Botanists from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) named the new species, Clusia nanophylla, because of the ...

To properly manage a tree, you need to know what species it is. Plus, tree identification is a lot of fun. Knowing a tree’s species is key to understanding their proper growing conditions, how to ...

In 2000, a group of STRI botanists collected samples of all the plants from the genus Clusia they could find in Panama to ...

Do you know why the pine tree didn’t get a Christmas present? Because it was knotty. Speaking of evergreen humor, did you hear about the guy who drove through a forest and noticed lumberjacks sawing ...

The Arbor Day Foundation has a booklet that helps people identify trees in a simple, step-by-step process. The booklet, What Tree Is That?, is available for a $5 donation to the nonprofit ...

If you want to be a true outdoorsman or woman, and a true survivor, you’ve got to become a plant person. I know, I know—it’s not as cool to walk around with your nose in a book as it is to sling lead ...

An Australian tree now bears the evocative nickname "zombie." This term describes the peculiar fate of Rhodamnia zombi, a ...