James Weldon receives funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Elm trees were once stalwarts of the UK countryside that towered out of hedgerows, lined fields and woodlands.

American elm trees (Ulmus americana) were once very common as forest and landscape trees in the eastern U.S. Their graceful vase shape and wide canopy made them especially popular for lining city ...

Along tree-lined boulevards, nothing triggers uneasiness for homeowners like a splash of fluorescent orange spray paint. After all, it's the universal way of letting people know that a tree will soon ...

BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - Elm trees were once abundant in Bangor until a disease took the majority of them out. Bangor Historian Richard Shaw says the city used to be filled with elm trees. Monday, he ...