Note: Norway spruce is a common non-native European tree that has been extensively planted and has naturalized in North America. They are primarily found in areas of the Northeast, the Great Lake ...

Picea rubens habitat ranges from maritime Canada south and down the Appalachians to western North Carolina. Red spruce is the provincial tree of Nova Scotia. Red spruce does best on moist ...

How spruce budworms are coming for Maine’s greatest weapon against climate change, and what is being done. Plus: ways to get ...

In nature, you’ll see several types of spruce trees (Picea spp.) that are beautiful, rugged evergreens capable of lasting several centuries and withstanding extreme winter cold. They are amongst ...

Timberland owners want to prevent a repeat of a devastating infestation of the voracious forest insects in the 1970s and 1980s.

Folks are working to prevent the Spruce budworm population from getting out of control in our Northern Maine Woods.

But what's killing those trees is an insect that's the size of a grain of rice. The spruce budworm is eating its way through the balsam fir and spruce that make up much of the Northwoods in what ...