Confires like spruce, hemlock, and fir can easily be identified as separate genera, then as individual species, by observing their needles and cones.

We hear from researchers with the Oregon Department of Forestry and the U.S. Forest Service about a survey revealing widespread dead or dying fir trees in Oregon.

Maybe you climbed trees as a kid in your backyard. But have you ever wondered what it would be like to climb a 300-foot-tall Douglas fir? At Silver Falls State Park, you now have the opportunity ...

Korean silver fir is a resplendent two-toned conifer whose curved needles display the silver undertones, creating the look of a flocked tree.

With oil prices at their highest level in three years, it would seem a good time to cash out of energy investments purchased cheaply during the oil rout. Hedge-fund manager Fir Tree is finding it ...

Popular Christmas tree choices include the balsam fir and Fraser fir. According to Marini, there is also a newer tree, the silver fir, which is a hybrid of the balsam and Fraser.

The centuries-old silver fir tree that had been destined to become the centerpiece Christmas decoration in St. Peter’s Square will now live, perhaps to see another century.

The centuries' old silver fir tree that had been destined to become the centerpiece Christmas decoration in St. Peter's Square will now live, perhaps to see another century.

It is estimated that the tree – which is the second tallest fir in Europe – dates back to 1744.

The Pavillion is designed in “Eco Generative Design”, a way of designing by relating micro and macro in a dimension without scale: microscopic image of the cellular texture of Silver Fir becomes a ...

We combined annually resolved tree-ring data and repeated forest inventory data spanning the last 90 years to examine the effect of species-specific neighbourhood competition on the drought response ...

Windsor Castle’s Drawing Room and St George’s Chapel are decked out with 20ft Nordmann Fir trees from Windsor Great Park – complete with crown baubles Staff at Windsor Castle decorated the ...