News

Editor's note: Once a month, the OSU Extension master gardener's office of Franklin County profiles a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. Few sights are more welcome in an Ohio winter than ...
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 ...
You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. My husband and I are thankful and excited to be at a point in our lives when ...
Blister rust on a western white pine tree. A University of Idaho Extension workshop in June will help foresters and family forest owners restore the species, which is the state tree of Idaho and once ...
Most of us are probably within arm’s length of a piece of Pinus strobus secondary xylem, more casually called white pine wood. One should not be timid of speaking formally of white pine; it was ...
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 ...
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 ...
UNICOI COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) – A 600-pound cross-section of what is said to be the largest White Pine Tree has returned to Rocky Fork State Park. The tree was cut down in 1948 after being damaged by a ...
MARQUETTE COUNTY, MICH. -- It was after nightfall during a backpacking trip through the Upper Peninsula’s rugged McCormick Wilderness this spring when Nick Hansen first spotted the giant Eastern white ...
We found a perfect six foot white pine with a healthy root ball at a pop up Christmas tree lot. A neighbor and I struggled to get it into his truck and then into the house. It was a lot heavier than ...
WOODSTOCK, N.Y. – A white pine tree on the Comeau property that was once used as an example of what a healthy tree should look like has become an example of a pine die-off, said town Tree Committee ...
If you’ve ever had a Christmas tree start shedding needles just days after decorating, you know how frustrating it can be. The good news is that some pine varieties are better at playing the role of ...