The Indonesian island of Sumatra is one of the most biodiverse ... Researchers cleared 40% of the existing oil palm trees for each of their 52 experimental plots. They then planted between zero ...
The last wild Round Island hurricane palm, a rare tree native to Mauritius, snapped during a windstorm in mid-September, marking its extinction. Once thriving on a tiny island in the Indian ...
The beautiful Canary Island date palm is a sizable feather palm (up to 50 feet tall) with a broad spread. Long and arching, glossy, dark green fronds with orange midribs give the crown a fountain-like ...
With global demand for palm oil rising ... showed that starting with a higher diversity of planted native trees on each island can lead to a greater variety of ecological plant strategies ...
Outside the tropics, there’s no more perfect place for palm trees than Phoenix. It’s in the Valley of the Sun, after all, and palm trees love sun. Because palm trees grow so well in Phoenix’s climate, ...