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Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Whether it’s Manhattan’s Central Park or the Emerald Necklace in Boston, Frederick Law Olmstead understood the value that forested areas bring to a city. However, the father of American landscape architecture was probably unaware of the billions of dollars these forests contribute in the form of carbon storage and sequestration. According to a new study in the journal Environmental Pollution, urban trees store a total of over...
Volunteers to plant 100 fruit trees on May 4 SAN ANTONIO, May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- KPMG LLP, the U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm, will team up with The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation (FTPF) and local residents to plant about 100 fruit trees in two accessible orchards in a housing development operated by the San Antonio Housing Authority (SAHA). On May 4 at 10:00 a.m., volunteers and local residents will come together to plant trees at a site in the Springview community at 722...
FRISCO, Texas, April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite the fact it started out a bit cooler than normal, spring is in full swing here in North Texas. With the days getting longer and the weather getting nicer, it's becoming exceedingly easier to go outside and enjoy the new season. What better way to celebrate the transition into springtime than with Fannin Tree Farm at its three-day annual Arbor Day Event? The North Texas leader in tree expertise, Fannin Tree Farm, is holding a...
Innovative Online Tool Connects Volunteers to Events in All 50 States LINCOLN, Neb., April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Arbor Day Foundation and Toyota invite the public to find conservation-oriented volunteer events in their own community in the spirit of National Arbor Day on April 26. Non-profits, businesses and civic groups throughout the country are already using an online tool to recruit volunteers in anticipation of the tree-planting holiday. (Logo:...
Husqvarna sponsored event Saturday and Sunday at Freedom Park CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- What better way to spend a beautiful spring weekend, than watching Charlotte's best tree climbers? Free to the public, the Husqvarna-sponsored Charlotte Arborists Association's Annual Tree Climbing Competition takes place on Saturday, April 13(th) from 8am to 5pm, and Sunday, April 14(th) from 9am to 4pm at Freedom Park, 1900 East Boulevard. The competition will feature 70...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Scientists thought forest lines on mountains would start growing in higher elevations as the planet's temperature began to rise due to global warming, but new research out of the University of Calgary found it not to be the case. The team found local geologic and geomorphic conditions would limit trees being established at higher elevations on mountains. They wrote in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences temperature...
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online The planting and expansion of forests not only allows for the trapping of carbon in the trees themselves, it also fosters carbon absorption in the soil where the trees are rooted. Previous studies have shown that more carbon is sequestered in forest soils that in the trees, but according to new research in the Soil Science Society of America Journal, newly forested lands show a marked increase in carbon sequestration as the...
Utility Reminds Customers to Call 811 before Planting Trees to Avoid Contact with Underground Electric and Gas Lines SAN FRANCISCO, March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In recognition of California Arbor Day on March 7, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) reminds customers to plant the "right tree, in the right place." Even trees that are small when planted may grow to heights that can interfere with overhead distribution power lines and planting any type of tree near larger,...
HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Agriculture Secretary George Greig today said the more than decade-long effort to eradicate the Plum Pox Virus has been a success after three years of required monitoring shows the disease has not reappeared. "The department has been committed to eradicating the disease and minimizing its impact on growers' livelihoods and the state's economy," Greig said. "This latest survey officially closes the books on the 14 years of Plum...
Afforestation, planting trees in an area where there have previously been no trees, can reduce the effect of climate change by cooling temperate regions finds a study in BioMed Central's open access journal Carbon Balance and Management. Afforestation would lead to cooler and wetter summers by the end of this century. Without check climate change is projected to lead to summer droughts and winter floods across Europe. Using REMO, the regional climate model of the Max Planck Institute for...
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Taiga, or otherwise known as boreal forest, is a biome that is characterized by coniferous forests made up mostly of spruces, larches, and pines. The taiga is the world’s largest terrestrial biome. In North America, it covers most of inland Canada and Alaska as well as portions of the extreme northern continental United States and is known as the Northwoods. It covers most of Sweden, Finland, much of Norway, lowland/coastal areas of Iceland, much of Russia, northern Kazakhstan, northern...
The Japanese Box (Buxus microphylla) is indigenous to Japan and Taiwan. An evergreen shrub, it only grows 6 -10 feet in height with short bright green oval shaped leaves less than an inch in length. It is grown as an ornamental plant both in its native area and in other temperate regions. Variant cultivars of this species are often used in bonsai. Photo Copyright and Credit
Brachychiton rupestris or the Queensland Bottle Tree is a member of the Malvaceae family, although it was originally classified in the Sterculiaceae family. This deciduous tree is indigenous to Queensland, Australia and is best known for its distended swollen trunk shaped like a bottle which allows it to thrive in drought conditions, a variety of soil conditions and temperatures. Growing up to 40 feet tall, it features leaves that very from thin and oval shaped to creased and divided....
The Kurrajong (Brachychiton populneus) is native to Australia. This small to medium sized tree can be found in a variety of climates from the wetter coastal regions to drier more arid interior regions of Australia. It wide trunk stores significant amounts of water for survival in the drier habitats. Flowers are varied shades of pink with a tubular shape. The leaves of the Brachychiton populneus vary greatly in shape and can be multi-lobal or straight and pointy. Seeds of this tree have...
The Illawara Flame Tree (Brachychiton acerifolius) also generally called a Kurrajong is a large tree indigenous to the eastern coast of Australia in the subtropical areas. Best known for its crimson tubular flowers that when leafless, covers the entire tree. In its natural habitat, the tree can reach heights of 131 feet. Famed for its beauty and because it is tolerant of moderate climates the tree has been cultivated world wide. However, outside of its native soil, the tree generally only...
