From the Northern European Steppes, the Norway spruce amazes people with its impressive longevity and size. The tree can rise to over 150 feet and has long drooping branches that give its distinctive ...

One such popular tree like this is the Norway spruce. The Norway spruce is a popular pick in the northern United States because it can withstand the mean winters and hard frosts that come part and ...

This year's tree is an 80-foot tall Norway Spruce from Vestal, New York, the Rockefeller Center announced on its website. The tree is approximately 80 to 85 years old, standing 43 feet wide and ...

Norway spruce from Europe, and the "true firs. " True firs include our native balsam fir, Fraser fir from the southern Appalachians, and white or concolor fir from the West. People choose a Christmas ...

In Finland, the European spruce bark beetle prefers mature Norway spruce forests close to recent clear-cut sites, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland finds. Conducted in an effort ...

Historically, nature has used trees to turn carbon dioxide back into oxygen for use by living creatures. The trees play a vital role in the carbon cycle, and have done so for millennia.

His work in Ecuador was largely concerned with the procurement of seeds of the cinchona tree. Spruce was one of those responsible for providing seeds of the tree from which the antimalarial drug ...

Every tree tells a story, but some are beyond eloquent, holding memories, embodying belief, marking sorrow. We hold trees in our imagination, where they grow in strange, wonderful ways in forests ...

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Now that you’re finally uncovering your garden, it’s time to think about what you want your garden to look like come summer. So hit the greenhouses and pick out all your favorite flowers ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Travel with a focus on Norway & Scandinavia, and the cruise industry. While immigration so often dominates the political discourse and deba ...

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