Sugar gliders are small marsupials that live in Australia and New Guinea. They are also popular exotic pets that are kept ...

The forest contains many trees 250-400 years old, primarily beech, sugar maple, hemlock, red maple, and tulip poplar. It also has impressive specimens of cucumber magnolia, black gum, and red and ...

Norway maple is an invasive tree species, while sugar and black maples are native tree species (sometimes called hard maples). Sugar and black maples are even more beloved for their gift of delicious ...

Most people who have Sweet Gum trees develop a “love-hate” relationship with their tree or trees. These trees have pretty star-shaped leaves with either 5 or 7 points. They grow pyramidal in ...

At least 17 native tree species ... produce Arabic gum, which is used in the food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, printing, and art industries. ALSO READ: Five indigenous tree species that face ...

The history of chewing gum can be ... of the sapodilla tree and discovered that it did not disintegrate in the mouth. The sap came to be known as “chicle” from the native word “tzictli ...

Nestled in a quiet patch just off Route 202 in Simsbury is a 40-acre wooded area named Belden Forest. At first glance, the area may look like any other forest in Connecticut, but it’s actually ...

That small, innocent-looking stick of gum tucked in your purse or ... for their medicinal and functional benefits. Native Americans chewed spruce tree resin, while ancient Mayans extracted chicle ...

Native trees also support our native wildlife ... and regional redbud (Cercis) varieties. Black gum, aka black tupelo tree (Nyssa sylvatica), will absolutely delight you with red, orange, yellow ...

This October 2014 image provided by The Morton Arboretum shows the colorful foliage of a sugar maple tree at the arboretum ... University shows the bright-gold fall foliage of native tulip tree ...