As housing developments begin to push deeper into Boiling Spring Lakes forests, developers risk colliding with the federally ...

Pine is a coniferous tree in the genus Pinus, in the family Pinaceae. There are about 111 species of pines worldwide, although different authorities accept between 105 and 125 species.

Welcome to Falling Waters State Park in Chipley, where Florida’s tallest waterfall plunges 73 dramatic feet into a cylindrical limestone sinkhole, then vanishes completely underground like nature’s ...

Hidden among Florida’s patchwork of tourist attractions and beach destinations lies a natural gem that deserves your attention – Dunns Creek State Park in Pomona Park offers 6,000 acres of pristine ...

The NC Forest Service begins their annual native forest tree seedling sale on July 1. 40 or more species are available.

The N.C. Forest Service has began accepting orders for its annual tree seedling sale. With an average annual production of 10 million seedlings, the NCFS Nursery Program produces enough native ...

A recent study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution has issued an urgent warning. New findings point to rapid extinction ...

Spruce trees that experienced long-term droughts were more resistant to future ones, while pines acclimatized to wet periods were more vulnerable.

In an old-growth longleaf pine savanna, the trees’ pine needles sing in the wind. Once considered forests, these landscapes in the southeastern U.S. coastal plain are open-canopied and sunny ...

The longleaf pine is an evergreen tree species, notable for its exceptionally long needle length, as much as 6-12 inches long.

The long leaf pine is an evergreen tree species, notable for its exceptionally long needle length, as much as 6-12 inches long. Above left, in addition to its long needles, the long leaf pine also ...

But the tree is not just old. It’s old-growth. When the seed first sprouted, longleaf pine covered about 92 million acres of the American South, in a swath from east Texas to Virginia.