Ag News Wire By Gary Wyatt, an agroforestry educator University of Minnesota Extension Conifers are planted as shelterbelts, windbreaks, living snow fences and winter wildlife thermal cover on ...

Red pine is a shade intolerant, long-lived species and is one of the most genetically uniform forest trees, reaching heights of 60 to 150 ... The evergreen needles are long, dark green, soft, and ...

Eastern white pine is a very handsome tree widely used for landscaping, windbreaks and visual barriers. It can be hard to ...

However, some key features like the overall tree form, bark patterns, and cone characteristics provide important clues to help differentiate between the two pine species. Here are six important ...