The trees exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen with the atmosphere through little “mouths” in their leaves and tiny “windows” in their bark.

A hungry beaver or perhaps multiple beavers have damaged at least 15 cherry trees at the Washington Tidal Basin near the Jefferson Memorial. Most of the damage is minor but two trees were girdled ...

My cherry tree has a problem. The bark is splitting and coming away. It has been looking fine with good foliage and flowers. What is the prognosis? Is there anything I can do? — Ed Bowne. I ...

Stumpy is a hollow, stump-shaped cherry tree located on the south bank of the Tidal Basin in Washington. It has a strip of bark on one side that transports nutrients to a few small branches ...

Learn about the beautiful black cherry, a tree that is attractive in the landscape and can be easily identified, but has a dark side.

The bark of some trees even has a scent in winter. Sassafras trees smell very spicy and black cherry trees have a bitter almond scent. Next, look at the tree’s buds.

As cherry blossom season comes to an end and petals start to blanket D.C.’s streets, it’s worth noticing the cherry trees’ resilience. These trees have seen it all, from flooding and harsh ...

Sargent’s cherry has showy pink flowers in early spring and attractive, shiny brown bark. Like most trees with conspicuous spring flowers, it needs a full-sun site.

But don't worry about Stumpy. Even though the interior of the tree is gone, the bark remains and the roots are underground, so it's still getting nutrients. Video below: Cherry blossoms reach peak ...

In this edition of ID That Tree, we’re going to introduce you to a southern oak found in Indiana, cherrybark oak. This species can typically be found in bottomland areas in extreme southern Indiana.

The cherry blossom trees at the National Arboretum typically bloom from March to mid- to-late April, depending on the weather. Hanami is the Japanese word for "cherry blossom viewing".

Why Stumpy, the ‘Little Cherry Tree That Could,' can't be transplanted — and how he'll live on anyway Stumpy, as we know him, has to die. But his story isn't over ...