Black knot, a fungal disease, is affecting cherry and plum trees in the Greater Columbus area, likely due to recent wet weather. The disease causes hard, black knots on branches, disrupting growth and ...

However, these trees did not grow naturally into this shape. This is a "living sculpture." A photograph supposedly showing two trees that were twisted together into a knot shape is frequently met with ...

Q: I have a decorative tree called a sand cherry. I just noticed it has many places on the branches with raised black, deformed lumps. It is on almost every branch. Some of the branches are dead. This ...

Have you ever examined timber floorboards and pondered why they look the way they do? Perhaps you admired the super-fine grain, a stunning red hue or a swirling knot, and wondered how it came to be?

A Dorchester man was arrested Wednesday in connection with the theft of tree burls -- the giant knots on the trunks of most tree species prized by woodworkers for their intricate grain.Michael Scanlan ...

A new slow-motion method of controlling the synthesis of polymers, which takes inspiration from both trees and Celtic knots, opens up new possibilities in areas including medical devices, drug ...

A common fungal disease of cherry and plum trees is widespread in Greater Columbus, likely worsened by the abnormally wet conditions experienced locally both this spring and last spring. Black knot, ...