Confires like spruce, hemlock, and fir can easily be identified as separate genera, then as individual species, by observing their needles and cones.

It is a dense tree presenting in a cone shape that tops out at six feet (2m). Or if you want some unusual color, try Conica ...

White and blue spruce trees mainly grow throughout most of Canada. ... but tend to stand upright where spruce hangs downward. These cones do not drop and disintegrate attached to the tree twig.

A Lijiang spruce at the Arnold Arboretum has produced a rare batch of cones that are half male, half female. Typically the tree would have separate pollen-producing male cones and other seed ...

Fournier added that the hot and dry weather in 2021 "stressed the trees out" and led to a massive number of cones last year. "You could sort of imagine it as if the trees think that their lives ...

These are lichens. Lichens are non-destructive, living organisms composed of a fungus and algae living in a symbiotic ...

Loveland’s tree streets include 22 streets named for trees in the Pine Family. The family includes 234 species worldwide and they separate into nine groups: cedars, Douglas-firs, firs, golden ...

(Hilary Swift | The New York Times) Blake Votilla ascends a spruce tree, collecting cones that will be replanted to help restore forests decimated by wildfires, in Moab, Utah, Aug. 30, 2022.

Colorado spruce (Picea pungens), the species with the popular blue-needled cultivars, struggles in Maryland growing conditions. As such, it is at risk for several problems that cause dieback and ...