pollination

How do trees avoid incest?

Aaa-choo! With all that pollen wafting around, how do trees minimize self-pollination? It’s not like a tree can choose its mate …

Billions of maple flowers are bursting open near you

Have you ever heard of maple flowers? Would it surprise you that billions are opening in your neighborhood right now?

New Douglas-fir cones?

Are you seeing new green cones on Douglas-firs this year? I’m not.

Bigleaf maples: zillions of flower clusters

What are those droopy green clusters hanging from bigleaf maples in every park and forest west of the Cascades?