DEAR JESSICA: We have a large maple tree that is over 60 years old. It is such a beautiful large tree that we even had an arborist prune it to keep it healthy. However, for the past two years, the ...

Spiraling Flight Of Maple Tree Seeds Inspires New Aerial Surveillance Technology. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 3, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2009 / 10 / 091020162007.htm ...

The enigmatic maple tree seeds (or samara fruit) - and the unique spiraling pattern with which they glide to the ground - have intrigued children and engineers for decades.

Why are some maple trees not dropping seeds? 02:36. ... it can't get a samara," he said. In recent years, some maple trees dropped seeds in overwhelming numbers potentially due to stress from the ...

My tree street list still has four streets named for samara-bearing trees. Black Maple Drive takes its name from a species native to the Midwest and extending east and northeast into New York and ...

Children may call these “helicopters,” as they twirl on their way to the ground. The Norway maple has paired samaras arranged like a handlebar mustache. Sugar and black maple samara pairs look more ...

A heavy body and lone, stubby wing seem unlikely features for an object trying to fly—but they help the seeds of maple trees travel thousands of meters from a parent tree, researchers report in ...