SONORA, California - A 65-foot (20-meter) white fir tree selected as the U.S. Capitol Christmas tree was cut down and removed from a picturesque setting in the Sierra Nevada mountains on Saturday ...

White fir and red fir trees are dying at a fast clip in the Lake Tahoe Basin, the U.S ... compared to sister forests in the Sierra Nevada, which are also experiencing high rates of tree mortality.

Reporting from SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — The ponderosa pine had taken root decades before the Revolutionary War, making a stately stand on this western Sierra Nevada slope for some 300 ...

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The Winter Tree of the Season is a white fir, located at 39 N. Garfield St. A sign will be placed alongside it on the property of Bob and Marge ...

ANGHI / Getty Images. The Fraser fir is perhaps the most popular variety of Christmas tree because it is hardy enough to survive being cut and shipped across long distances. The Fraser is a native ...

Jill Biden Receives This Year's Magnificent White House Christmas Tree: 'It Will Fill Our Hearts' The 20-year-old white fir came from Evergreen Acres Tree Farm in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania By ...

Dave Powell/USDA Forest Service (retired) / Bugwood.org. All spruce trees have sharp-pointed needles that are often 4-sided or diamond-shaped in cross-section and have four whitish striped lines.

There will be 10 new white fir trees planted in Mount Shasta in its place, according to the release. The tree will be decorated with 15,000 sparkling lights along with 10,000 ornaments.