Highly valued economically, ecologically and culturally, the white oak (Quercus alba) is a keystone forest species and is one ...

Highly valued economically, ecologically and culturally, the white oak (Quercus alba) is a keystone forest species and is one of the most abundant trees across much of eastern North America. It also ...

Forests that are almost exclusively ... Originally from Africa, it is a relatively late local species, and like other successful trees here it needs little water to thrive. A cousin to the carob ...

Image by Ryan Truscott for Mongabay. Sprawling buttresses of an Intsia bijuga tree in the Ngezi Forest Reserve: this species is not known to grow wild anywhere else in Africa. Image courtesy ...