The wood from hardwood trees tends to be harder because the trees grow at a slower rate, giving the wood its greater density. Forests in which a majority of the trees drop their leaves at the end ...

Cover your head and don't look up! Naturalists say this is a "mast year" in much of the country, when hardwood trees drop an overabundance of nuts. SIMON: Good times for a walk in the woods to ...

Research in tree breeding, tree nursery practices, tree plantation establishment and management, and Central Hardwoods silvicultural systems is aimed at increasing the regeneration success rate for ...

But the tiny fragment could be a big step towards reducing the number of trees chopped down to meet our lumber demands, if it holds up to the task. “As far as we know, our early prototype is the ...

Researchers at Michigan Technological University in Houghton are experimenting with Michigan’s hardwood trees to unlock new sustainable housing solutions. They are working to make mass timber ...