The southern Appalachian Mountains feature large ... but the emergence of more "thirsty" trees like maples shifts that dynamic. Maples are an example of diffuse-porous trees, which require ...

Fraser Fir grows best in the southern Appalachian mountains. So what happens as our changing climate changes the climate in which our trees can thrive? “Those trees really only grow well in ...

The Smoky Mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee are the tallest mountains in the Appalachian chain ... including more than 100 species of native trees. For centuries it had been the home ...