Smartphones have become an indispensable tool in our day-to-day life, and now they can also help you identify plants ...

A: I’ve tested several plant identification apps and have found them surprisingly, but not completely, accurate. You simply ...

First published in 1894 under title: A guide to find the names of all wild-growing trees and shrubs of New England by their leaves. siris_sil_35898 ...

Plant identification isn't always easy. Unless you have a general idea of what you're looking for, it can feel impossible to figure out exactly what species you're looking at based on words alone. If ...

Fossil plants reveal the evolution of green life on Earth, but the most abundant samples that are found -- fossil leaves -- are also the most challenging to identify. A large, open-access visual leaf ...

Whether you’re like me and my family, who love growing plants, or you want to know what wildflowers are in your yard, if your dog just consumed something that’s headed toward a hefty vet bill, or you ...

Jack L. Carter, Martha A. Carter and Donna J. Stevens, 214 pages, softcover $20. Mimbres Publishing, 2003. This user-friendly guide includes photos and descriptions of 108 woody species and 38 ...

There are so many exciting iPhone tricks to discover once you start getting comfortable with Apple's handset. And most of them are built into the operating system, so you don't have to download an app ...

Dry leaf edges A survival mechanism used by some plant types is that the outer margins of a leaf will dry up, but the leaf remains viable. This may be more common in large-leaved plants like squash ...