Their bark can be as thick as two feet ... Before suffering damage, it used to be regarded as the world’s second-largest tree, only 20 feet shorter than the Sherman. Now, it’s still standing ...

the world’s largest tree, researchers searched for evidence of an emerging threat to giant sequoias: bark beetles. The ...

I saw the big burls at close range. I saw the smooth, purplish bark of the smaller branches. All around me was living tree. I looked up, dizzily, noticing small cracks in the deadwood and channels ...

But winter is precisely the time for shrubs with colorful branches and trees with ornamental bark to shine. Bark serves as the skin of the tree, protecting the internal plumbing from disease or ...