A BRANCHLESS TREE pierces the blue sky from my vantage point below on a near vertical slope, black lines running up its smooth yellowing surface, contouring the tree’s growth. Located near the top of ...

With the arrival of spring a few weeks ago, new buds and colors on the trees started to appear. Along with that new growth, a UBC Okanagan researcher has determined that some trees in spring also ...

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