Forests, Trees & Plants

ATHENS, Ga., Nov. 5 (UPI) — U.S. scientists say they have come up with five ornamental plants that do a superior job of removing indoor air pollutants.
The study of 28 types of plants, published in HortScience, found Hemigraphis alternata, known as purple waffle plant; Hedera helix or English ivy; Hoya carnosa or variegated wax [...]

The Chicago Botanic Garden constructed a miniature of President Barack Obama’s Chicago house using white pine park and catalpa beans for the “brick” facade, palm stems and sea grape leaves for the front steps and burr oak caps and acorns for the flower pots. UPI/Chicago Botanic Garden/HO
Date Taken: November 4, 2009

The Chicago Botanic Garden constructed a miniature of President Barack Obama’s Chicago house using white pine park and catalpa beans for the “brick” facade, palm stems and sea grape leaves for the front steps and burr oak caps and acorns for the flower pots. UPI/Chicago Botanic Garden/HO
Date Taken: November 4, 2009

CHICAGO, Nov. 3 (UPI) — Chicago’s huge Christmas tree, made up since 1955 of many small trees, this will year be a single blue spruce donated by a Chicago-area family, officials said.
Harlan and Carol Weivoda, of Palos Heights, Ill., said their acre of land was crowded with trees, so they contacted the city through its [...]

HANOI, Vietnam, Oct. 31 (UPI) — Typhoon Ketsana, which hit Vietnam in late September, revealed illegal logging when logs were swept down flooded rivers, forestry officials say.
Le Nho Nam, director of the forest protection unit in Phuoc, told the U.N. Integrated Regional Information Network logs from his area, one of the country’s last stands [...]