Fox 12 Oregon: Searching for the perfect Christmas tree at Plumper Farms
PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - It’s that time of year to go on the hunt for a perfect Christmas tree for the season! FOX 12’s Ayo Elise was at Plumper Farms for a tour of what they have to offer. More ...
USA Today: Where did the White House get its Christmas tree? Here's what to know
First lady Melania Trump will receive the official White House Christmas for 2025 on Nov. 24, marking the first time a Michigan farm has provided the iconic holiday staple in more than four decades.
Where did the White House get its Christmas tree? Here's what to know
Interior Alaskan forests have only six native tree species: white spruce, black spruce, quaking aspen, balsam poplar, larch (tamarack) and paper birch. Northern Canadian forests have all of those, plus jack pine, balsam fir and lodgepole pine. Since northern Canada and interior Alaska share the same grueling climate and extremes of daylength, why are the Canadian tree species absent from ...
It is common for people in interior Alaska and corresponding areas of northwestern Canada to use the name cottonwood when referring to one widespread variety of deciduous tree.
A tree's age can be easily determined by counting its growth rings, as any Boy or Girl Scout knows. Annually, the tree adds new layers of wood which thicken during the growing season and thin during the winter. These annual growth rings are easily discernible (and countable) in cross-sections of the tree's trunk. In good growing years, when sunlight and rainfall are plentiful, the growth rings ...