each less than four inches in size and with an opposite leaf arrangement. Other trees with "maple-like" leaves—the sycamore, sweetgum, and yellow poplar—have leaves that are alternate in ...

If you notice bare branches on your maple tree this spring or observe a sudden leaf drop, your tree may have an insect problem and the maple petiole borer may be the culprit. Although trees drop ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Opposite leaves are just what they sound like: the leaves, whether ...

A small number of big-leaf maples, which grow from British Columbia to southern California ... pulling back a patch of moss-covered bark from yet another maple, revealing the tree’s ruddy flesh. “Look ...

Q. My maple tree has black spots on the leaves that just appeared recently. Should I be concerned about this? What should I do? A. Sometimes wet conditions earlier in the season can cause problems ...

As popular as these trees are, people become alarmed about this time of year when the leaves on some of these maple trees have large black spots that look like they’ve been splattered with tar.

(Karen Jackson/Freelance) Deaven Maull, Lead Environmental Educator at Robinson Nature Center, shows participants five types of maple tree leaves during the Magic Maple program at Robinson Nature ...

your garden should be bursting with colour and life—and few trees are as eye-catching in May as the Japanese maple. But if you’ve noticed a sticky or shiny residue on the leaves, don’t worry ...