Fallen leaves carpet the ground beneath a red maple (Acer rubrum) at the New York Botanical Garden, in the Bronx. ... The inner needles of a white pine (Pinus strobus) preparing to shed.

Called “the tree of peace” by Native Americans, Pinus strobus or eastern white pine is a beautiful evergreen that is well populated in the New Jersey landscape. As a young tree, it has a ...

Pine trees, as with any typical conifer, keep their needles all year. Deciduous trees, such as maple, birch, or hickory, drop ...

Over the next century the white pine served as a staple of New England’s logging industry. Despite being over-logged, the eastern white pine has bounced back in population and continues to stand as a ...

Pinus strobus, or white pine, is one of four native pines and the largest northeastern conifer. Redbud trees: Gardening: Redbud trees, native to Ohio, provide striking early spring color ...

Pine trees make needle drop easy to notice because they often have an open branching habit. Because pine needles grow — and fall — in bundles of two or more, the loss may be especially obvious.

A lovely specimen evergreen is the weeping white pine (Pinus strobus ‘Pendula’). This tree has soft, blue-green needles that are about 3 inches long. As with other white pines, these needles ...