In this edition of ID That Tree, Purdue Extension forester Lenny Farlee takes us through the different characteristics of coniferous trees found here in Indiana, particularly their foliage and the ...

The conical shape of conifer trees helps the snow slide off their branches, and their limbs are shorter and more flexible, ...

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 ...

Many of these stands exhibit an even-aged character, with the shorter-lived balsam fir fading out as the stand matures, leaving the longer-lived red spruce as the dominant tree species. Conifer Swamp ...

One activity I enjoy while standing next to a conifer is to rub my fingers across the needles, inhale the fragrance, and ...

Nature provides its own stunning seasonal beauty with the many species of evergreens or conifers that call east-central Wisconsin home. They thrive in just about every habitat, making them exceptional ...

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 ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Needle damage can cause major commercial and ornamental damage to conifers in ...