Sept. 29 (UPI) --The needles of longleaf pine trees evolved to effectively shed water, according to a study published Tuesday in the journal Physics of Fluids, ensuring rain moistens the soil instead ...

If you are inclined to prune your pine trees, now is the perfect time to do so. Most people don’t prune mature pine trees, but many prune mugho pines, which are more of a shrub. Pruning these keeps ...

The eastern white pine is a towering, majestic species with a history as deep and enduring as its roots. Known for its ...

PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - Pine trees are a staple of the community. but what happens when one gets infested or damaged? “When you plant one kind of tree, if there’s a disease or an event that happens ...

One of the simplest examples of how plants adapt to ensure that their species survives is found in pine cones. Evergreen trees that produce cones are called conifers. There are more than 600 species ...

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 ...

Minnesota’s official state tree might be the red pine, but you should really meet its older sibling, the white pine. The white pine is much taller with cool wavy hair. Hundreds of years ago, the land ...