Eastern hemlocks and balsam fir are, literally ... Instead of losing their leaves like deciduous trees do to prevent water loss from their leaves, firs (and most conifers) have thin, needle ...

A large outbreak of the eastern spruce budworm is defoliating trees and stressing or killing them, which can then help fuel ...

The cold-loving balsam fir is North America's northernmost fir. Although it has an extensive range in Canada, it grows primarily in the northeastern United States. Its needles are flat with two ...

The spruce budworm is a forest caterpillar that feeds on tree leaves until they are able to ... and they often drop balsam fir seedlings that help repopulate forests. After they hatch, spruce ...

“Much of the balsam fir, and a part of the spruce ... Higgins said, which leaves UPM Blandin in Grand Rapids as the major fir buyer. Because Grand Rapids is a long way from many of the worst ...

Some ticks got a little layer of oak and maple leaves, which is what they like. And some of them got a layer of of balsam fir. The ones that got to live with the balsam fir needles died.