Foresters have long marveled at so-called living stumps, tree remnants that manage to stay hydrated and nourished despite losing their leaves ... by it), but the kauri stump’s bulbous growths ...

because since it lacks transpiring leaves, it escapes the atmospheric pull." Although it's unclear why the nearly dead tree has been kept alive by the surrounding kauri trees, the researchers ...

King says he has had some luck spraying infected kauri leaves with phosphoric acid, which seems to delay the growth of the fungus, and suggests spraying New Zealand's trees from airplanes.

known as the kauri tree, that is still growing new tissue despite having no leaves. They discovered that it was actually being helped by other trees — under the forest floor, an interconnected ...

"My colleague Martin Bader and I stumbled upon this kauri tree stump while ... to follow what the rest of the trees do, because since it lacks transpiring leaves, it escapes the atmospheric ...

At some point, a kauri tree fell in a New Zealand forest ... He saw that even though it had no leaves, stems, or greenery of any kind, it did still contain living tissue—and when he knocked ...

how the stumps survived without leaves for photosynthesis was a mystery. Dr. Leuzinger and Martin Bader discovered that the kauri stump lives by sharing water with neighboring trees. Most likely ...

This meant that when the neighbouring trees would evaporate water through their leaves during the day ... This is a particular worry for kauri trees, which are being affected by a deadly disease ...

Although this kauri tree had clearly been buried for thousands of years, Magee was astonished to see leaves and cones stuck to its underside that were still green. The power company, Top Energy ...