A voracious insect called the spruce budworm was ravaging Maine’s North Woods, killing mountainsides of balsam fir and red ...

A professor's casual hike in the High Sierra turned into a new elevation record for California's highest tree, the Jeffrey pine, which wasn't formerly known to grow at extreme elevations.

UC Davis Professor Hugh Safford was hiking for pleasure in California's High Sierra when he stumbled upon a new elevation ...

There are many other old-growth forests across the continent. Each of these forests has a unique ecology, but all are under ...

To encourage children to plant and care for one tree is a hand-off of a little responsibility, a gesture of hope. It is a ...

In an old-growth longleaf pine savanna, the absurdly long pine needles sing in the wind. Once considered forests, these ...

Bradford (also known as Callery) pear trees are a pretty sight, but produce a pretty foul odor. They're also illegal in Ohio.

H-O-T-T-O-O-A-K: The air is warming, the blossoms are showing off, and everyone you know is sneezing. You might have heard ...

The program is a way to honor trees based on characteristics such as size, age, species, history and aesthetics ... this tiny concolor pine replaced a larger spruce tree that residents decorated ...

CHEYENNE – Crews from the city of Cheyenne Urban Forestry Division will begin spraying spruce trees the week of April 7 to prevent ips beetle infestation at several city parks and city-owned ...

Trees can be vulnerable to infection, and, if you identify these signs of disease ... Choose a replacement from another genus, like a Norway spruce from the Picea genus, or a Douglas fir from the ...

Using Maine wood prevents introduction of bacteria or invasive species ... to the health of the tree, we could see that in the data,” he added. Austin Gilboe, Spruce Mountain alumnus and ...