"In the distance, I could see the demarcation line of destruction above 3,000 feet where wind shear took down most of the big trees. This was a gut punch." ...

Flagg Mountain is the southernmost peak over 1,000 feet in the Appalachian Mountain range, which stretches from Alabama to ...

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 ...