"My pine tree has me concerned. There are a bunch of needles that are turning brown. Is something wrong?" — S.H.

Bishop pine, Pinus muricata, is often confused with Monterey pine, Pinus radiata. The easiest way to tell the difference is by the number of needles in a bunch.

Susan Orlean traces the life span of Tree 103, a white pine in New York’s Adirondack Mountains that is believed to have sprouted in 1675 and that grew to a height of a hundred and sixty feet ...

The tree is about 40 years old and appears healthy. A: Usually, if a tree (or other fruit-bearing plant) produces fruit that is deformed, small, or fails to develop, pollination is the problem.

I like to see trees that are covered while they’re being hauled on top of a car so they don’t have that 60 mile per hour wind hitting them. That can dry them out quite a bit too,” said Corsi.

But more pine cones can also mean the trees are producing more reproductive seeds as a way to deal with the stress of a dry or changing climate. It's a matter of survival: The tougher, drier the ...

The 2013 floods gave state trees the water they needed to fight off the mountain pine beetle and other forest pests, but a dry 2024 restarted some pesky threats “The Bug That’s Eating the ...