Welcome to the chicest antidote to Cancún’s chaos on the Caribbean coast. Step inside Chablé Maroma on the Riviera Maya ...

Most trees don’t ask for much attention. They grow slowly and mind their own leafy business. But among Earth’s 73,000 tree ...

Wildfires are burning through thousands of acres of forest in Northern Minnesota, damaging buildings and forcing residents to ...

They leaf out before almost anything else and are therefore ... devoid of foliage within crowns of balsam fir Christmas trees. In mid-May, new growth from broomed tissue is lighter green than ...

“There was this beautiful thicket of balsam fir. It looked like a Christmas tree farm, so that’s where ... Higgins said, which leaves UPM Blandin in Grand Rapids as the major fir buyer.

Conifers (softwood trees with needles not leaves) tend to grow more quickly — making them ... dominance of White Spruce (planted and cultivated by loggers) and Balsam Fir, a conifer that, ironically, ...

balsam fir, and black spruce. These twisted, contorted trees are known as “Krummholz” or “bent wood” in German. You might find pockets of heart-leaf paper birch in hollows insulated by ...

The easiest way to identify a conifer is by its leaves ... and fir and are commonly used as Christmas trees. They tend to dry out somewhat faster than firs. True firs, such as balsam, Fraser ...

featuring the unexpected — yet sentimental — scent combo of tomato leaf, basil, white florals, palo santo, and cedarwood. Enhance the lovely pine tree scent in your home with the fir balsam ...