A: Your pine is showing early stages of Fusiform rust, a fungal disease. As the spots grow larger and swell, which they will, cankers can girdle and kill the tree. An interesting note, rusts like this ...

Pine trees are conifers, with narrow needles for leaves and seeds that grow in cones. In addition to being plentiful in the United States and Canada, the trees are fast-growing and can be harvested ...

Is your pine tree dying? Perhaps, but probably not. Let’s take a close look at your tree and see if there’s anything to worry about, or anything you need to do. Many Pine trees turn yellow this time ...

A: When the needles on a pine tree turn yellow, the first reaction is that the tree has a disease or insect problem. But evergreen needles do not stay green forever. The older, inner needles discolor ...

One of the southern yellow pine trees that have native populations in Frederick County is the shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata). There are some small populations of this tree scattered around Sugarloaf ...

On a morning walk, I listen as a pileated woodpecker laughs its way through the tops of longleaf pines, seeking its favorite carpenter ants and beetle larvae. These striking, large zebra-striped birds ...

It’s that time of year again when bright yellow-green clouds float through the air, turning the shallow waters of Lake Tahoe ...