The true firs, called true firs to distinguish the wood from Douglas-fir, consist of more than 40 species in North America, but only seven species produce commercial lumber. In eastern North America, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eastern hemlock and balsam fir trees laden with snow in North Berwick, Maine. We had our first winter snow storm this past weekend ...

*Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated the tree removal will happen Dec. 8. We regret this error, which has since been corrected. ROCKFORD, Mich. (WOOD) ꟷ State employees ...

ROCKFORD, Mich. (WOOD) — A search near Rockford for a tiny woolly invader has turned up promising results for Michigan’s Christmas tree growers. In December, the Michigan Department of Agriculture and ...

Every year, my husband and I cut a Christmas tree on family land. We look for a young balsam fir growing in the power line right-of-way or in a forest clearing. Fir is our favorite type of Christmas ...