The tree was the only one like it that Kjelland knew of in the state. It's estimated to be 120 to 130 years old, and he said the Trader family thinks it was grafted and brought over from Europe.

Michael Kjelland, a professor at Mayville State University, and Jim Walla, a retired North Dakota State University research scientist, secured the patent on the prolific berry-producing tree in 2018.

FARGO — Of the roughly 352 million trees in North Dakota, fewer than 100 are “Yeah this is North Dakota, but we have some really, really cool trees,” said Lezlee Johnson, forest health ...

The Champion Tree program pays homage to the biggest native and non-native tree species in North Dakota. Just like fishing and hunting records, people measure and submit record-size trees located ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Seen from the air, much of North Dakota’s forest grows in rows laid out on the land as if by a ruler. That legacy forest of tree rows and shelterbelts is getting old and ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Jerome Suchor has deep roots in trees. Over a 42-year career, including part-time work in high school at the Towner State Nursery and a stint as a field tech at Walhalla, his ...

VALLEY CITY, N.D. -- It all started with some jelly Michael Kjelland ate more than 20 years ago. "I was up at my grandparents' place for breakfast and my grandma handed me a jar of jelly," he said.

Mar. 23—GRAND FORKS — A pair of North Dakota scientists have secured a patent on a variety of a white mulberry tree, and it is now for sale at nurseries in the state and beyond. Michael ...