The term food forest refers to the “diverse planting of edible plants that attempts to mimic the ecosystems and patterns found in nature.” Also called a “forest garden,” food forests generally rely on ...

It’s called a Miyawaki forest, the first one planted in Worcester. That happened last spring and today this urban forest ...

Boston-area residents are bringing parks with trees, herbs and fruit to some of the most concrete-heavy corners of the metro ...

These are the most invasive plants in Massachusetts ecosystems. Veer Mudambi. ... Brought from China as an ornamental plant, grows in forests on stream banks and rocky slopes.

In the late 1990s, a team of researchers designed an ambitious study to figure out how plants — and even a whole forest ecosystem — would respond to rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere.

Brought from Asia and Europe as ornamental landscape plants. Found in fields and forests, they produce leaves earlier in the spring than most native species, which gives them a competitive advantage.

He holds a Ph.D. in forest ecology from Yale University. Dicken Crane, of Windsor, is the board chair of the Woodlands Partnership. He owns and operates Holiday Brook Farm in Dalton. He is a licensed ...

Forests cover nearly 3 million acres, or about 56% of Massachusetts, and about two-thirds are privately owned, with the remainder managed by local, state and federal government.

Native plants crowded onto postage-stamp-size plots have been delivering environmental benefits around the world — and, increasingly, in the U.S. By Cara Buckley The tiny forest lives atop an ...