Michigan native plants are, unsurprisingly, plants that have existed in Michigan for hundreds or even thousands of years. Because they are native, they are well adapted to Michigan’s unique soils and ...

A native Michigan apple tree, the Malus coronaria ... but almost always that’s enough for the flowers to escape the killing spring frost,” said Steve van Nocker, a Michigan State University ...

A native Michigan apple tree, the Malus coronaria, learned to fight frost by blooming two or three weeks later than the trees that produce cultivated varieties of apples like Honeycrisp or Red ...

Osage orange is a tree native to the United States (but not to Michigan), originally from the Red River areas of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, according to the DNR. It can be found on old farmland ...

In the quest to make apple trees more resilient in a warming climate, some Michigan researchers are looking for a late bloomer. A native Michigan apple tree, the Malus coronaria, learned to fight ...