Q: You may know about vines that kill plants. Do you make recommendations for treating them, such as chopping them down and covering them with plastic? How did vines evolve? Did they once survive on ...

A vine running up the trunk of a large tree adds visual interest, and scores of attractive, vigorous vines are available to clothe tree trunks. Self-clinging vines -- those that climb using aerial ...

Vines are interesting plants. They grow abundantly in many of our habitats, including our yards. Their abundance may be linked to one of their big advantages. This advantage is that they often let ...

Jack Putz has been studying climbing vines for 50 years since developing a fascination with jungle films and books in his childhood. The professor of biology, from University of the Sunshine Coast, ...

LOS ANGELES - Vines may be proliferating at the expense of trees in tropical forests across the Americas, scientists have found. This shift in abundance could affect the water in the ecosystem and how ...

Q: I have beautiful morning glory vines growing 30 feet up my tree. A friend told me that vines are bad for trees. Is this true? A: Yes, vines are bad for trees, and trees don't like vines. Imagine ...

Invasive vines are pervasive and represent a real threat to the city's tree canopy. Public education campaign to encourage tree maintenance%2C including vine cutting. Experts say don't pull vines down ...

Creeping vines are increasingly invading Southern forests, choking out trees and altering forest makeups. Scientists say increased levels of carbon dioxide might be to blame. The invasion involves ...

With a quaint name and ivy-like beauty, an exotic vine is twisting through the Everglades, casting a deadly blanket of spring-green leaves over native trees, shrubs and plants. Spread by spores that ...

Some gardeners like the look of ivy twining up a tree trunk. However, vines that twine too far can be bad news for the tree, according to Sharon Yiesla, plant knowledge specialist at The Morton ...

City arborist Laurie Reid recalled a report of a fallen tree her team responded to last week as Tropical Storm Debby passed through the Carolinas. The tree was long dead. “It looked like a living tree ...