Julia Zumpano, RD, LD, has been a registered dietician at the Cleveland Clinic Center for Human Nutrition for almost 20 years ...

The sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana) can be identified by its huge cones, which can reach lengths of more than 20 inches and are about 4 to 6 inches wide. Sugar pines can grow as tall as 250 feet ...

Red and blue dyes isolate parts of the interior of a male pine cone, sliced lengthwise and magnified 20 times. Pollen-filled sacs surround the pine cone’s central axis. ByAnnie Roth Photographs ...

The trees range in species: incense cedar, Jeffrey pine, Ponderosa pine, sugar pine and western larch. They also range in location – the planting sites are all over Oregon and Washington.

A dead sugar pine tree serves as a new soil base. Dan McCaslin / Noozhawk photo I had all of my usual hiking gear and a sandwich, plus plenty of water.

Along with “big tree hunters” Carl Casey and Martin Crawford, Taylor determined that the tree was the largest sugar pine by volume known to humans, with a volume of 5,761 cubic feet.

Pine pollen is a yellow, powdery substance found in pine cones of certain pine tree species. Little is known about pine pollen nutritional value, and studies supporting any health claims are limited.

Chilgoza nuts, often called pine nuts, are delicious seeds from the Chilgoza pine tree. These trees grow high up in the Himalayas, making them a rare find. The nuts have been a staple in the diets of ...

Longleaf pine is also a minor component of other forest types within its range: Sand Pine (Type 69), Shortleaf Pine (Type 75), Loblolly Pine (Type 81), Loblolly Pine-Hardwoods (Type 82), Slash ...

In some areas, including regions within the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem, which has Glacier National Park at its center, more than 90 percent of whitebark pine trees have died. Across the ...