A new map shows forest height around the globe and will improve estimates of how much carbon is stored in trees.

Authorities in Oregon are trying to extinguish a fire burning in one of the world's tallest trees. It may lower the tree's ...

In a remote area of Coos County, Oregon, a mighty Douglas fir is burning. The tree, known as the Doerner fir, is thought to ...

Forests protect against avalanches, but not every forest is equally effective. Thanks to almost 50 years of observations at ...

Our regression analyses of height gradients in leaf functional characteristics estimate a maximum tree height of 122–130 m barring mechanical damage, similar to the tallest recorded trees of the ...

Six non-linear growth functions were fitted to tree height-diameter data of ten conifer species collected in the inland Northwest of the United States. The data sets represented a wide range of tree ...

Going out on a (redwood tree) limb: Variation in water stress with increasing height in redwood trees determines leaf anatomy Date: June 28, 2010 Source: American Journal of Botany Summary: How ...