The needles, shoots, light-green tips and inner bark of the popular conifer ... their Viking descendants brewed beer from young shoots of Norway spruce, drinking the beer for strength in battle ...

In Finland, the European spruce bark beetle prefers mature Norway spruce forests close to recent clear-cut sites, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland finds. Conducted in an effort ...

This is a very compact form of Norway spruce, which is a species native to northern Europe where they don't get Dallas-like summers. I've seen a lot of small and especially young versions of ...

The Eurasian spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) – found in Europe, Asia and some parts of Africa – burrows into the bark of Norway spruce (Picea abies) where it feeds and reproduces.

Eurasian spruce bark beetles (Ips typographus) burrow into the bark of Norway spruce (Picea abies) trees where they mate and lay their eggs. Major outbreaks in Europe have decimated millions of ...

There really isn't much you can do in these parts in terms of spraying. Then, of course, there is spruce bark beetle damage. It is baaaaack. In fact, it never went away. Affected tree trunks have ...

The Ips typographus, or larger eight-toothed European spruce bark beetle, is a serious pest ... The insect is present in spruce trees, especially Norway spruce, in most of Europe and has probably ...

better known as the eight-toothed spruce bark beetle. An extension of the current demarcation area was announced after the tree pest was found on Norway spruce trees in East Anglia. The beetle ...