Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A western pine beetle rests on a sap mound on a pine tree. - Charles Wollertz/Getty Images A thriving pine tree is a thing of ...

The Pinyon Pine tree is a slow growing, compact, long-lived, drought tolerant tree. Pinus edulis is native to the desert mountains of California, east to New Mexico and Texas, and north to Wyoming.

Called “the tree of peace” by Native Americans, Pinus strobus or eastern white pine is a beautiful evergreen that is well populated in the New Jersey landscape. As a young tree, it has a pyramidal ...

Sometimes a tree will look great for a few years and then, due to crowding from surrounding shrubs or other trees, start to defoliate or flower less abundantly due to reduced light exposure.

The Eastern white pine has great significance to wildlife. Numerous species of songbirds and small mammals feed on white pine seeds, while snowshoe hares and various deer graze on the needles. The ...

Hidden high in the White Mountains of eastern California, a gnarled, weathered tree quietly holds a staggering secret — it's nearly 5,000 years old.

Do you have a mature pine tree with bunches of brown needles? It may be suffering from a fungal disease called diplodia tip blight. “Diplodia has become more common due to environmental stress and ...

If you bought a live pine tree for Christmas, you may be thinking about planting it in your yard. Here in Tucson we are in Sunset Zone 12. Most pine trees that do well in our desert are imports from ...