In recent years, most all spruce varieties have been having difficulty fighting off the fungal disease Rhizosphaera needle cast. This fungal disease causes premature death and casting of needles of ...

The natural blue shade of color is fading on many local blue spruce trees. That means the trees are dying, and the owner of Hartwood Treecare says it’s all because of fungi. "We’re losing so many of ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Colorado blue spruce trees have long been one of the more popular conifers for landscaping across the upper Midwest. Now, diseases are killing blue spruce trees across West Michigan ...

Today they are merely magnificent eyesores, but over the next few years, the downed trees from recent Aspen-area avalanches could become massive breeding centers for spruce beetles with the ability to ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — When searching for ...

ANGHI / Getty Images/iStockphoto Q: I have a spruce tree that used to be perfectly shaped. The very top of the tree trunk has been broken off. I think a hawk that stays in our area tried to perch on ...

Blue spruce (Picea pungens f. glauca), also called Colorado blue spruce, is a beautiful tree with blue-gray needles. Being colorful and relatively drought tolerant, it’s a favorite of many homeowners ...

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Drones are sent up to survey hundreds of hectares of forest, looking for signs of infestation from the sky - as the beetle ...