Mary Jo DiLonardo has worked in print, online, and broadcast journalism for 25 years and covers nature, health, science, and animals. Young trees sometimes have smooth bark that's unbroken by ...

Bark – Thin bark on young trees, thick grey brown scaly on old trees. Silvics – The eastern white pine is the largest conifer in the northeast United States and spans from the Appalachians to ...

Yes, you can eat tree bark as a safe and nutritious wild food--as long as you are using the right part of the bark from the right species of tree. And to clarify, we are not talking about the crusty, ...

Other than various native conifers (such as white pine and hemlock), this species is probably the largest tree in eastern North America. Its leaves are relatively large, as trees' leaves go ...

Mountain pine beetles have emerged as probably one of the most severe threats to whitebark pine. Bark beetles lay eggs under the bark of mature or near-mature trees, after which the resulting ...

Have you ever paused beneath a towering oak or maple and wondered if that rough, gnarled bark is hiding secrets? What if I told you trees are nature’s own weather stations—silent, stoic, and ...

In many cases, one white pine will decline while other trees in the vicinity appear healthy (Fig 3, 4). Removal of symptomatic trees is important because stressed trees often attract bark beetles ...

White pine decline causes pale green or off-color limp, drooping needles that later turn brown. The bark may be spongy and may shrivel and ooze sap. Usually, the entire tree is affected at once ...

It’s called rust because of the orange-colored blisters that form when the fungus breaks through a tree’s bark. Once there, no one can stop it. White pine blister rust slowly and methodically ...

Life cycle and identification of bark beetles. In Florida, the life cycle of the southern pine beetle from egg to adult can be completed from 30 to 60 days, with seven generations per year.

It’s called rust because of the orange-colored blisters that form when the fungus breaks through a tree’s bark. Once there, no one can stop it.