Bonsai crafted from Ficus microcarpa is suited for growing indoors because it is tolerant of low light, uneven watering, and low humidity. It also does well in the temperature range you'd commonly ...

The study, published in the journal Cell, also identifies a sex-determining region in a related fig tree, Ficus hispida. Unlike F. microcarpa, which produces aerial roots and bears male and female ...

Ginseng Ficus, also known as Ficus microcarpa, is a popular bonsai tree species because of its attractive and unique root system. It is relatively easy to care for and can be grown indoors or ...

Jerry Turney, senior biologist/plant pathologist with the Los Angeles County Department of Agricultural Commissioner discussing dying ficus microcarpa trees on Main Street in Alhambra Friday, May ...

Ficus microcarpa is not listed as an alien or invasive species under the 2018 Trees and Woodlands Regulations. Instead, the law specifically mentions it as a species that is protected in urban ...

The infection of ficus microcarpa trees, the most popular shade trees planted in the 1950s and 1960s, was first discovered in 2008 by Hodel and others studying similar plant diseases attacking ...

More importantly, the wiping out of ficus microcarpa would end a 70-year legacy of mature shade trees at a time when scientists say global warming is sending temperatures to record highs.

A cable car rolls past a ficus tree stump on Hyde Street in San Francisco, Calif. on Wednesday, July 9, 2014. Part of tree broke off Monday night, damaging a parked car and briefly blocking the ...

Ficus microcarpa var. nitida is more commonly known as the ‘Indian laurel’. It has a lovely silvery bark with glossy, shiny leaves. Ficus are fast growing, with a rapidly spreading roots.

Over 60 exotic Ficus (fig) species have been introduced into southern Florida as ornamentals. Three of these, F. altissima Blume, F. benghalensis L., and F. microcarpa L. are now weedy because they ...