Fulgham’s father’s company, Fulgham’s Inc Tree Preservation Specialist & Consultants, uses ground penetrating radar to map out root systems in trees. Hannah Ruhoff [email protected] ...

These root fungi can colonize the root system and persist in the tree unrecognized for years. Bit by bit, year after year, the root fungi compromise the trees’ ability to take up water.

Critical Note: As long as you plan to grow trees, you must remember that 90% of any tree’s roots are going to be in the top foot of the soil. Sure, it’s going to have a tap root to anchor it.

Critical Note: As long as you plan to grow trees, you must remember that 90% of any tree’s roots are going to be in the top foot of the soil. Sure, it’s going to have a tap root to anchor it.

Such soaking could be detrimental to oak tree roots. Mini-sprinklers, on the other hand, wet the ground horizontally and uniformly, with water being absorbed in the upper soil profile where most ...

Researchers have unearthed a collection of chinquapin fruit and leaf fossils in Patagonia that suggests the oak and beech family has evolutionary roots in the Southern Hemisphere.