Female (left) and male spruce cones at the Arnold Arboretum. It's a more common sight to see separate male and female cones like this. (Courtesy William "Ned" Friedman) Every spring the conifer trees ...

A team of spruce cone collectors from the White River National Forest has been taking advantage of a prime window to stock up on seeds. Sent to a massive nursery in Nebraska, these seeds are intended ...

The state's black spruce seed cupboard is bare. So the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is paying people $85 a bushel — up from $70 last year — for the cones to meet spring orders for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan. 31—Residents and visitors who'd like to help grow Minnesota forests can start this winter by collecting black spruce cones ...

A crow is surrounded by the cones of a spruce tree in the middle of Mound Cemetery on Fifth Street in Marietta recently. If ...

Moab, Utah • Blake Votilla stared up at the 120-foot spruce tree. He strapped braces with 4-inch spurs to his shins and clipped two large red plastic sacks on his climbing harness. Reggaeton blasted ...

Q: We had 17 spruce transplanted a few years ago into our new lot. They are about 10 feet tall. What do all the pine cones mean? - Pamela Sweeney, Abercrombie, N.D. A: Transplanting trees that are ...

Residents and visitors who’d like to help grow Minnesota forests can start this winter by collecting black spruce cones and donating them to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources State Forest ...