In this episode of ID That Tree, Purdue Extension forester Lenny Farlee introduces the White Spruce. This species is found in the North Woods of Northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Identification of the Northern White Cedar. ... You will often see diamond-shaped bark patterns and the tree's form is a small to medium-sized tree shaped like an arrowhead or a pyramid.

This means our urban forest is lacking biodiversity, because no single species should compose more than 10% of the tree population. Urban forests are more susceptible to pathogens and pests when ...

TANNERSVILLE — Marc Wolf steps off a trail at the Mountaintop Arboretum to examine a beech tree with mottled, bumpy bark. “This is pretty typical of beech bark disease,” he said. “Beech ...

Every species of tree has unique characteristics, from its bark to its leaves, that you can use as clues to identify ...

Break chocolate wafers into small pieces. Transfer chocolate to a microwave-safe bowl and heat it on high for 30 seconds. Stir the chocolate, and heat for 30 seconds more.

Clearly, bark varies considerably from species to species, and some types of trees are easily identified by the kind of bark they have. The bark of this tree is certainly easily recognized.

A walk in the woods this time of year is different. It’s quiet and monochromatic. Other than the crunch of your shoes on frozen ground, there isn’t as much to see or hear as a forest in spring ...

White pine blister rust, a non-native invasive fungus that slowly kills the tree, has wiped out more than 325 million whitebark pine trees and remain the primary threat to the species, according ...

Life cycle and identification of bark beetles. In Florida, the life cycle of the southern pine beetle from egg to adult can be completed from 30 to 60 days, with seven generations per year.

The trunk of the tree is covered with thin, mostly smooth bark, and even on small trees it is commonly rippled and waved, appearing to some like taut muscle.