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Australia’s Largest Plant Genus Wattle is the common name for Acacia, a genus so large and so central to the Australian landscape that it has become a national symbol in its own right. According to the CSIRO, more than 1,000 wattle species grow across the continent, ranging from towering 30-meter forest trees to tiny groundcovers … Read more
The Moreton Bay fig tree is a massive evergreen native to eastern Australia, instantly recognizable by the huge, wall-like buttress roots that fan out from its trunk like frozen ripples. In the wild it begins life as a strangler fig, germinating high in the canopy of another tree before its roots ever touch soil, yet … Read more
Golden Penda: A Complete Guide to This Australian Native Tree Golden Penda is a rainforest tree from the far north of Queensland, Australia, prized for flower clusters so densely golden that a mature specimen in full bloom can look like it’s been dipped in paint. It’s become one of the most widely planted ornamental trees … Read more
Colorado blue spruce is one of the most recognizable evergreens in North America, a stiff, symmetrical conifer whose silvery-blue needles make it a fixture of yards, parks, and holiday displays from coast to coast. It is also the official state tree of Colorado, and it began life as a tree of high, cool, dry mountain … Read more
Lodgepole pine is one of the most widely distributed pines in western North America, a tough, fast-growing conifer that has learned to turn wildfire into a planting program. Its cones can stay sealed with resin for decades, and they open only when heat melts the seal, which is why lodgepole forests so often rise from … Read more
The catalpa tree is a group of deciduous flowering trees known for huge heart-shaped leaves, showy trumpet-like flowers, and long bean-like seed pods. Botanical authorities such as Kew accept 8 species, spread across 3 regions: the central and eastern United States, the Caribbean, and China. Only 2 species are native to North America, and each … Read more
Catalpa Tree (Catalpa spp.): The Tree That Grows Its Own Fishing Bait The catalpa tree is one of the easiest trees in North America to recognize and one of the hardest to ignore, with heart-shaped leaves as big as dinner plates, showy trumpet-like flowers in early summer, and long bean-like pods that hang from the … Read more
Sitka Spruce: The Giant of the Pacific Coast Sitka spruce is the largest spruce in the world, a towering rain forest conifer that grows in a narrow band along the Pacific coast from northern California to southern Alaska, where it is the official state tree. Trees have been measured at more than 300 feet tall, … Read more
The pecan tree is the largest of the hickories and the only major nut crop native to North America, growing wild in the Mississippi River floodplain and in the river bottomlands of Texas and northern Mexico. It thrives in the long, hot summers and moderately cool winters of that region, and its name comes from … Read more
The pecan (Carya illinoinensis) is a species of hickory native to the southern United States and northern Mexico in the region of the Mississippi River. The tree is cultivated for its seed primarily in the U.S. states of Georgia, New Mexico, and Texas, and in Mexico. The word “pecan” is derived from an Algonquian word … Read more