Sow seeds outside in late fall or early spring. Start seeds indoors about a month before outside temperatures are expected to reach 50°F. Keep the seeds warm until they germinate, and moist but never ...

The Olympic Mountains are being used to study climate change after sites were set up for that purpose this past summer. In late July and early August, Western Washington University Professor Eric ...

High-mountain plant communities are one of the most vulnerable groups to global climate change. This phenomenon could threaten species living in the highest areas ...

In Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, male and female valerian plants have responded differently to hotter, drier conditions, a new study shows. Rapidly changing ratios of the sexes could be a quick sign of ...

Hawk Mountain Sanctuary will host its annual Spring Native Plant Sale on May 20 and 21 outside the Visitor Center at the nature site near Kempton. The sale features almost 100 species of native trees, ...

It all started back in the 1980s on a bare patch of ground outside the Visitor Center at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary. A well-intentioned volunteer planted some daffodils to spruce up the area.