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.

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 ...

Preliminary figures indicate that 1.1 million acres showed fir trees with some signs of dying — almost double the previous all-time high for the state since the survey began 75 years ago.

The best real Christmas trees and you can buy them from Nordman fir to spruce Credit: Getty Simon Lewis LIFESTYLE REVIEWS EDITOR 14 October 2024 11:09am BST ...