At 7,450 feet in height, Reyes Peak is the highest point between Santa Barbara County’s Big Pine Mountain (6,750 feet) and lofty 9,000-foot Mount Iwihinmu (Pinos). Reyes Peak on the Pine Mountain ...

Generally speaking, conifers are trees and shrubs with needles that set seeds in cones. Yews, junipers and ginkgos produce cones, too, but they’re fleshy and appear berry-like. Ginkgos are ...

The fight to stop the remarkably rapid spread of wilding conifer pine trees continues, as Southland officials are warning the ...

As glaciers retreated and conditions improved across this area, conifer species have gradually extended their ranges back into this area. These migrations are still taking place.

In April I discovered the nest of an American Crow high in a mature loblolly pine tree in our backyard. The nest is an accumulation of sticks attached firmly to two large limbs close to the top of the ...

Though many of us now look for and take home an evergreen tree for the holidays, we really don't need this annual celebration to make note of conifers at this time. With a landscape of snow and bare ...

As much as I hate to admit that summer colors are fading, it is time to start thinking about what will look good in the garden all winter. As the perennials melt down, the annuals die, and the ...

Christmas trees have an apparent plumbing problem. The fir and pine trees millions of people deck out for the holidays each year — known as conifers — may need all that decoration to make up for their ...

Strolling on snowshoes around the Lower Loop at Eaglecrest one gray, damp day, we found, as expected, that conditions for reading animal tracks were bad on the rain-packed snow. So we counted trees ...

Your first introduction to Norfolk Island pine may have been when you received a small plant trimmed with ribbon and miniature red ornaments as a Christmas gift. But while many Norfolk Island pines ...