Yellow poplar is probably the third most important hardwood in our Eastern forests, after maple and oak. Much of the yellow poplar today is growing on excellent sites where the American chestnut used ...

From bark patterns to pit-and-mound topography, these 10 clues help hikers identify old-growth forests on their next ...

What looks like barren land can change rapidly with the return of a single species. The aspen tree grows quickly, spreads through its root system, and supports entire ecosystems around it. From ...

For more than a century, common wisdom held that the original forest of the Adirondacks was largely erased. A new wave of research reveals more old growth than previously thought.