Sitka Spruce Tree

It may not be as good as saving the whole tree, but it appears likely the state will try to save at least a part of the beloved Sitka spruce fondly dubbed by locals as the Yaquina Bay Muscle Tree. “I ...

A new educational initiative is launching across Ireland to reshape the narrative surrounding the Sitka spruce, a tree that has become one of the country's most polarising environmental subjects.

sitka spruce tree 2

WUSA: US Capitol Christmas tree, an 80-foot Sitka Spruce, arrives in DC

SEASIDE, Ore. – The nation’s tallest Sitka spruce could be on its last limbs. Last week’s strong winds knocked a section of rotted wood from the trunk of the 204-foot tree southeast of Seaside, and ...

sitka spruce tree 4

A new research collaboration could significantly increase the quality and economic productivity of one of the UK's largest crop outputs, Sitka spruce conifer trees. Using a breeding technique called ...

A study has identified genes involved in development of stone cells -- rigid cells that can block a nibbling insect from eating budding branches of the Sitka spruce evergreen tree. The insect's attack ...

sitka spruce tree 6

The name speaks for itself — Sitka Spruce Park on Amaknak Island has dozens of spruce trees, creating a rare forest-like sanctuary. Regional lands are known for their tundra valleys filled with ...

As Oregon gets hotter and drier due to climate change, tree-killing invasive pests that prefer warmer temperatures are thriving — endangering Sitka spruce along the coast, firs in the mountains and ...

Foreword by Michael Healy-Rae champions virtues of commercial Sitka spruce without referencing environmental harms ...

sitka spruce tree 9

Alaska Dispatch News: A spruce forest park in treeless Aleutians has Russian roots

sitka spruce tree 10