Invasive Asian longhorned beetle has potential for wide reach in region's forests.

What a green and pleasant land we live in! After virtually any overseas trip, I am always struck by how green England is - this was especially so on my recent return from a holiday in treeless Lesotho.

By Marty Hair, Detroit Free Press Oct. 17--Giovanni Morreale looked up at the three shade trees in his front yard and at the purple- leaf sapling being planted this week near his driveway. "They're gorgeous," the Grosse Pointe Park resident said of the Norway maple trees.

Specimens that can withstand pollution are essential in urban areas. Sarah Morgan identifies the best choices There's a slight conflict going on in the world of the urban tree.