Try some plants with standout bark to make things interesting after the leaves fall. Paperbark maple trees (Acer griseum) are ...

Native Americans taught the European settlers how to make maple syrup. They would cut a gash in the tree and collect the sap in containers made of tree bark. All the sap collected was poured into a ...

Japanese maple trees will grow in a variety of climates, but some cultivars are better suited to a particular region than others. As a thin-bark tree, Japanese maple is subject to damage from the ...

In the fall, foliage typically turns a bright red to maroon color. The bark is gray and smooth in young trees and may become flaky in older trees. Red maple, which is a popular ornamental and street ...

Getty Images The paperbark maple has ornamental leaves and bark China holds the greatest diversity of maple trees, with a total of 92 species. But threatened species also occur in other parts of ...