They're a classic winter sight — but can you tell different types of conifer trees apart? Here's what distinguishes fir, pine ...

The Loblolly Pine ( Pinus taeda) is considered the fastest-growing pine species, characterized by its unique appearance, with dense foliage at the top and bare trunks. This tall, straight evergreen ...

To properly manage a tree, you need to know what species it is. Plus, tree identification is a lot of fun. Knowing a tree’s species is key to understanding their proper growing conditions, how to ...

Annals of Botany, Vol. 110, No. 1, Highlight on Traits with Ecological Functions (July 2012), pp. 177-188 (12 pages) • Background and Aims The contemporary relegation of conifers mainly to cold or ...

In the tropics and subtropics, many evergreen conifers are endangered. Biologists at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) have collected the world's largest Podocarpaceae collection. Together with ...

In the tropics and subtropics, many evergreen conifers are endangered. Biologists have collected the world’s largest Podocarpaceae collection. They sequenced characteristic parts of the DNA of these ...

Insect-driven tree mortality is rising across Europe, according to an international study led by the Czech University of Life ...