Eastern Oregon's Malheur National Forest boasts some of the state's oldest trees, including pine and larch that live more ...

The tallest redwood tree in Muir Woods — a giant that was assumed to have sprouted up to 1,500 years ago in the Middle Ages — is a measly 777 years old, a puerile sprig in the hallowed halls ...

This 500-Year-Old Tree in California Has a Story to Tell. By Daniel Griffin July 20, 2022. ... A decade of relatively dry years followed. There was little rain in 1579, and the next year even less.

Old trees “remember” plentiful water. ... may be better equipped to survive in a chronically dry world,” several of the researchers wrote recently in The Conversation.

Protecting very old trees can help mitigate climate change Date: October 19, 2022 Source: Cell Press Summary: Ancient trees -- those that are many hundreds, or even thousands, of years old -- play ...

OLD trees are living epochs in the history of the world. Here have they stood for hundreds of years, some even for thousands, looking down upon the smiling earth; now battling with tempests, then ...

Officials at the University of Maryland demonstrated Thursday how quickly even a healthy, well-watered natural Frasier fir about 2 weeks old can ignite. The entire tree was on fire in 30 seconds.

Large, old trees are often called “heritage trees” because they have stood through decades of history and because they are greatly valued for the beauty and other benefits they bring to their ...

Use that old oak tree in your next woodworking project. By Roy Berendsohn Published: Dec 26, 2015 10:00 AM EST. ... After the wood is sawed, stack it neatly off the ground in a dry location.

We could use a good rain, to put it mildly. Much of the region is in severe drought. Trees are deeply affected during drought years. Have you ever seen the cut-down stump of a very old tree, and ...

He will mill the tree, and then it will have to be stored for more than a year to get dry and ready to be made into furniture. “You can’t rush the process or the wood freaks out,” Dirksen said.