Chinese tallow came to the US centuries ago and was promoted as a soap crop. Today it infests over 234,000 acres in southeast Texas and is hard to remove.

The Chinese tallow tree has been turning Gulf Coast grasslands into single-species forests, and Rice University ecologist Evan Siemann hopes to find out how this tree has been able to "break all the ...

Just as every human being is a multifaceted creation of immense — if not yet fully developed — potential, so it is with plants. Take Chinese tallow tree, for example. In 1772, Benjamin Franklin sent ...

Chinese tallow is is a prolific invader and destroys wildlife habitat and grazing land. A fast-growing weedy tree with milky sap, it reaches a height of 30 feet. Also called chicken tree and popcorn ...

When talking about invasive plants in Alabama, kudzu and privet tend to be the ones people are most familiar with, but they're not the ones Alabama botanists and wildlife officials are most worried ...

Q: While I was working in my yard, I noticed a hole in the trunk of my Chinese tallow tree. Insects were coming in and out of it freely including ants and waterbugs. The tree has also been producing ...

A preliminary study by USDA FS Southern Research Station (SRS) researchers and cooperators shows that Chinese tallow tree, a nonnative invasive plant in the southeastern United States, holds promise ...

Question: Dear Mr. Smarty Plants, This fall I have been seeing a tree with beautiful red leaves all over Austin and someone told me it is a Chinese tallow tree. Can you tell me where I might buy one ...