An average maturing tree under optimal conditions can transport up to 10,000 gallons of water only to capture about 1,000 usable gallons for the production of food and adding to its biomass.

I got a phone call the other day from my colleague about the Baobab tree in Grove Place on St. Croix.

All tree leaves have an outer layer called the epidermis, which can also be used in the identification process. This leaf "skin" always has a waxy cover called the cuticle and varies in thickness.

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In contrast, from the Red River Valley and points west, most soils are of prairie grassland origin, and some tree types, such as Autumn Blaze maple, are less likely to thrive in prairie-type soils.

The wall is nearly 2,000 years old and had once marked the edge of the Roman Empire. The sycamore tree that grew where the ancient wall dipped between two hills was aptly named the Sycamore Gap tree.