The classic and trusted book “Fifty Common Trees of Indiana” by T.E. Shaw was published in 1956 as a user-friendly guide to local species. Nearly 70 years later, the publication has been updated ...

Called “the tree of peace” by Native Americans, Pinus strobus or eastern white pine is a beautiful evergreen that is well populated in the New Jersey landscape. As a young tree, it has a pyramidal ...

Think you can only plant trees in your yard in spring? Think again! These fast-growing trees do well planted in early fall ...

The eastern white pine is native to North America and can be found from Newfoundland to the Appalachian mountains. Historically, it’s been heavily logged, so old white pines are rare. But there are a ...

This Eastern white pine, located by Erik Danielson in an old-growth grove in Hamilton County, could be the largest of its kind yet recorded. (Chloe Bennett/Adirondack Explorer) HAMILTON COUNTY — In ...

Last summer, I regularly passed a stand of towering white pine trees at Camp Plymouth State Park in Ludlow, where I live and work. Most days, I saw at least one hairy woodpecker, a few blue jays, ...

The tallest trees this side of the Rockies, our eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) is one of the most – if not the most – economically and culturally important species in the Northeast. Though the ...

I like walking in the forest. My golden retriever dog, Timber, loves it too. Some people call it “forest bathing.” According to National Geographic, the term “forest bathing” started in Japan in the ...

Nicknames often convey something of significance to a U.S. state’s identity, and when it comes to Maine, “The Pine Tree State” says it all. This seemingly simple nickname conveys Maine’s long-standing ...