Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) grows in the Rocky Mountains, from Alaska to northern New Mexico, in the Black Hills and on the Pacific Coast. Poles of this tree were used by Native Americans for ...

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 ...

Mulch has many benefits in the garden, like retaining soil moisture, insulating roots, and deterring weeds. Spreading a layer of mulch also makes your landscape look tidier. But there are so many ...

The red pine tree, found in North America, can perhaps be best likened to the underwhelming cousin of the more widely known white pine. The qualities of the white pine made it a staple for the early ...

Reporting from the White Mountains, Calif. — — The White Mountains that straddle the California-Nevada border are known for their extreme environment. They get less than a foot of rain a year.

A Goldsboro couple had one of the largest pine trees in the state sitting in their yard. It was 13.6 feet around and 84 feet tall. That made it the fifth-largest pine in the state and the largest in ...