The trees exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen with the atmosphere through little “mouths” in their leaves and tiny “windows” in their bark.

The Carolina cherry tree (Prunus caroliniana), also known as the Carolina cherry laurel, is an evergreen shrub or small tree ...

The insect is eating away at the sugary phloem layer beneath the bark, and in turn, turning the trees black. Cherie Reid, who lives in the Southcreek community of Carolina Forest, said she first ...