Christmas trees can be fraught with memories of holidays past. They can also be fraught with conflict as family members debate “real” versus “fake” Christmas tree options. With fewer trees available ...

FISH. A TYPE OF TROPICAL CACTUS. NATIVE TO THE FLORIDA KEYS HAS BECOME THE FIRST SPECIES IN U.S. HISTORY TO BECOME EXTINCT DUE TO RISING SEA LEVELS. CERTIFIED FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST BROOKE ...

A rare tree cactus that grew for decades hidden by a tangle of mangrove trees on Florida's Key Largo has lost its battle with rising sea levels and other pressures. It's now considered locally extinct ...

The Key Largo tree cactus (Pilosocereus millspaughii) was first identified in an isolated mangrove forest in 1992. It is native to the Bahamas, Haiti, and South Florida. But it doesn't grow naturally ...

Learn the simple rules for giving Christmas cacti the right balance of light and dark, to ensure you get those spectacular ...

The Classy Cactus Farm is offering classes to make a one of a kind succulent Christmas Tree. At the succulent tree workshop a A plant specialist will guide you, step-by-step, in creating your ...

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Although many look forward to the smell of pine and decking the halls with boughs of holly all year long, traditional Christmas decor isn't for everyone. In recent years, more and more people have ...

For some families in colder parts of the country, picking out the perfect evergreen tree to decorate is an obvious Christmas tradition. Families in the Valley have to be a bit more creative. Firs and ...

The Cholla Cactus Garden, located about 12 miles south of the park's North Entrance, is home to one of the few stands of cholla cactus in the park. The short, quarter-mile Cholla Cactus Garden Nature ...

The cactus suspended overhead caught my attention, and I stopped walking to look at the unusual sight. In Fredericksburg, at Lady Bird Johnson Park, a prickly pear cactus is rooted into the damaged ...