Strangler fig is a fascinating tree and American tropical native in south Florida producing a continuous food crop -- even as it kills its host.

Some carbon dioxide absorbed by fig trees gets turned into calcium carbonate within the wood and the surrounding soil, ...

Some species of fig trees store calcium carbonate in their trunks—essentially turning themselves (partially) into stone, new ...

View full size Scott Shaw, The Plain Dealer Tony Sarraino of Avon has kept his massive fig tree alive for 35 years. "My grandkids call it the jungle," he says, laughing.

We all know that trees are an important part of our climate efforts. But we usually envision this as lush forests soaking up ...

A venerable Moreton Bay fig tree cracked open and fell at El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument earlier this month. Replacing such a landmark tree — one that had, for 144 years ...

Rising temperatures threaten pollinators of fig trees—Keystone resources of tropical forests. Ecology and Evolution , 2022; 12 (9) DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9311 Cite This Page : ...

The first documented fig tree brought to the New World was planted in Mexico in 1560. Figs were then introduced into California in 1769. Many varieties have since been imported from Europe and ...

The fig, on the other hand, does just fine where winters are relatively mild, if not sub-tropical. Fig trees have shallow roots and benefit enormously from a mulch of straw, dried grass clippings ...

I am not particularly fond of fig trees, with their knotty trunks contrasted against tropical-looking foliage. And even though the fruit is photogenic, I also don’t hold much enthusiasm for it ...

Growing figs in New Jersey may seem like just another case of zone denial, a flat refusal to believe that we are living in the Northeast, not the Mediterranean. But it's really more than that ...