The Douglas fir, the state tree of Oregon, can grow incredibly tall and live impressively long. The oldest Douglas fir trees have lived to be over 1,000 years old.

Pros: Europe's most popular choice, the Nordmann fir is just catching on here as regional growers are finding it more resistant to disease than Fraser and Douglas firs. The habit is pyramidal and ...

Americans buy about 20 million real Christmas trees each holiday season, most at retail lots and Christmas tree farms. Depending on where you live, the kind of evergreen you'll find will vary.

The farm is spread across 70 acres of Fraser Fir trees. It has more than 20,000 trees in the ground, harvests about 4,000 every year and plants another 5,000 annually.

Douglas fir These soft needles are dark green or blue-green in color and are about 2-3 centimeters in length. The Douglas fir’s needles radiate in all directions from the branch. When crushed ...

While artificial Christmas trees might be the popular choice during the holiday season, nothing beats the smell of a fresh balsam fir. But new research out of the University of New Brunswick shows ...

The Nordmann fir trees being sent to Dubai were chosen because they retain their needles well. This species is native to the Caucasus mountains and the northeastern part of Turkey surrounding the ...

To save dwindling populations of Eastern monarch butterflies, researchers in Mexico are trying something controversial: moving hundreds of fir trees 400 metres up a mountain. Their goal is to help ...