I have a poplar tree in my backyard that is 1 1/2 years old. Over the past year and a half it has done a few funny things. Upon planting it, the leaves went yellow in the summer. I think we were over ...

Person resting in a hammock suspended in a backyard with hedges and trees. - Alexander Spatari/Getty Images Shade is an added value for any yard, but trees are valuable for far more than the cooling ...

Poplar trees were modified to grow quicker and faster by Professor Simon Turner at The University of Manchester. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases ...

Current trees produce rubber component, 'pre-pollutant' CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Field trials in the Northwest and Southwest show that poplar trees can be genetically modified to reduce negative ...

DULUTH — It’s been said that the true meaning of life is planting a tree "under whose shade you do not expect to sit," a hint, of course, that you’ll likely be dead before the tree gets that tall. But ...

SALEM, Ore. — A timber investment firm is selling more than 3,000 acres along the Columbia River that has been used to grow poplar trees, a newspaper reported Monday. Greenwood Resources had used the ...

A timber investment firm is selling more than 3,000 acres along the Columbia River that has been used to grow poplar trees. Greenwood Resources had used the land to grow poplar trees for the U.S.