As old as the dinosaurs, the indestructible Japanese sago palm is exotic and architectural. Hazel Sillver looks at how to ...

Terrestrial plants have developed strategies to cope with suboptimal conditions. Storage of nonstructural resources is one of ...

Cycads are an ancient group of plants that have been around since the age of dinosaurs. They were dominant plants at that time, but most are currently considered endangered. While there are more than ...

At the start of the period, dinosaurs ruled the loosening remnants of the supercontinent Pangaea as rodents scurried at their feet through forests of ferns, cycads, and conifers. At the end of the ...

We have evidence from West Antarctica of polar forests that would have been dominated mainly by conifers, things like podocarps, araucarias, and probably gingko trees as well, with understories of ...

Crumbling landmasses and inland seas. Sea monsters, sharks, and blood-red plankton. Forests of ferns, cycads, and conifers. Warm, moist, tropical breezes. This was the Jurassic, which took place ...

It can be confusing to tell the difference between abiotic and biotic diseases just with your eyes. Plant disease symptoms are typically not very specific.

Genetic markers are DNA sequences with known physical locations on chromosomes. They are points of variation that can be used to identify individuals or species, or may be used to associate an ...

Alex is head gardener at Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, the renowned horticultural attraction and one of the Great Gardens of ...

Lahmeyer said the thieves’ favorites tend to be ornamental, which fetches the most money in overseas markets, particularly ...

This includes cycads, which can be exceedingly rare but extra valuable, various types of cacti and orchids. Next year, the Huntington will host an awareness campaign for "buyers, sellers and even ...

The fungus that causes the disease is distributed throughout the states of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. All palms, as well as cycads, are susceptible to Ganoderma butt rot, a fatal disease ...