"It's a living thing," Karen Cooper tells PEOPLE. "It is nature's playground for all to enjoy" Jason Hahn is a former Human Interest and Sports Reporter for PEOPLE. He started at PEOPLE's Los ...

Black ironwood, a native tree of South Florida and the Caribbean, has a tiny notch at the end of each leaf. Miami Herald Files Black ironwood (Krugeodendrum ferrum) is a beautiful and durable ...

It's Martin County's first Florida Champion Tree. St. Lucie has one champion and Indian River has seven. Size matters, especially when you are crowning a champion. A black mangrove on the Treasure ...