The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is being cut down today before making its trek to Manhattan where it will be covered in 50,000 LED lights shining throughout the holiday season. The Norway spruce ...

“The electrical activity of trees is a real phenomenon but it’s still a nascent field of inquiry,” said Novoplansky. “The forest is wondrous enough without inventing irrational yet superficially ...

An evergreen commonly found within the central Ohio landscape is the Norway spruce (Picea abies). The tree has a pyramidal shape with a strong central leader (trunk). The dark-green needles are a ...

Scientists have mapped the gene sequence of Norway spruce (the Christmas tree) -- a species with huge economic and ecological importance -- and that is the largest genome to have ever been mapped. The ...

Researchers reported Wednesday that they had sequenced the genome of the Norway spruce, a giant evergreen native to Europe that has also been planted widely in parts of North America. Published in the ...

Back 100 years ago, the Norway spruce (picea abies) evergreen tree was popular and over-planted. For example, our 1-acre property had nine of these large trees when we moved here in 1960. While they ...

Norway spruce (‘Picea abies’), an evergreen tree native to Europe, is the largest of the spruces in the eastern United States. Growing to 70 feet tall or more, the shape is pyramidal with ascending ...

From the Northern European Steppes, the Norway spruce amazes people with its impressive longevity and size. The tree can rise to over 150 feet and has long drooping branches that give its distinctive ...

The Acrocona Norway spruce (Picea abies ‘Acrocona’) is an enchanting conifer, sometimes called the red-cone spruce. This spruce has new needles of bright green, which mature to a pleasant dark green.