The strong mesquite is part of the legume family. Native dwellers used the hardwood for buildings, fences and tools. Its dark, amber sap was put in medicinal salves and mixed with water to soothe sore ...
A researcher in Ohio was surrounded by hundreds of dead ash trees. They had been wiped out by this beetle called the emerald ash borer. But then, in that same forest, she found a lone tree thriving.