Plant small conifer trees for birds ... Showy cone-like flowers on certain species of fir, spruce and pine provide spring ...

These small, cream-colored seeds are cherished ... are the edible seeds of various pine tree species. They have been enjoyed as a culinary delicacy and a source of nutrition for centuries.

Aiken Master Gardeners return to the Aiken Farmers Market in April. Bring your horticultural questions to the Master Gardeners each Saturday of the spring and summer months.

Forests provide many ecosystem services, including microclimate regulation, biodiversity preservation, air and water purification, and soil protection. Together with the oceans, they are one of ...

and becomes quite furrowed in older trees. The eastern white pine adds a ring of side branches and a terminal shoot yearly with age. The cones of this species are up to eight inches long, have ...

For the disease to complete its life cycle, it must infect a Ribes species before returning ... "So discovery of a few small pine trees infected with blister rust was to trigger a gigantic fight ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that the whitebark pine will be listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The pine is the most widespread tree to ...