KENTON — 48,500 native conifer seedlings have been planted around 150 acres in late June by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) ...

Red squirrels are entertaining and remarkable little mammals. Fleet-of-foot and extraordinary climbers, their specific habits ...

Annual cold snaps have kept some invasive tree pests in check, but outbreaks could become more common with warming ...

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They used plastic roofs erected above about half of 100 Norway spruce (Picea abies) and European beech (Fagus sylvatica) trees to keep out the summer rainfall, creating a five-year drought.

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The trees are already a fire risk with their thin bark and shallow roots. Otto says there were also more fires hundreds of years ago that would wipe out balsam fir and spruce. The more resilient ...

Having driven from the airport in Charlotte as near as possible to Spruce Pine, Folkner joined four others in trekking the final six miles or so up Peppers Creek Road, past “landslide after landslide ...

Getty Images Tips for eating your Christmas tree Stick to pine, fir and spruce trees. Cedar, cypress and especially yew trees should be avoided because they can be toxic or inedible.

The most popular Christmas trees are in the pine, spruce and fir families, the same association noted. It takes about seven years for a tree to reach a typical height of 6 to 7 feet.