We tested an active hyperspectral LiDAR instrument in a laboratory measurement of spruce and pine trees to find out whether these species could be separated by means of combined range and reflectance ...

But what's killing those trees is an insect that's the size of a grain of rice. The spruce budworm is eating its way through the balsam fir and spruce that make up much of the Northwoods in what ...

Leaves – Evergreen needles; ½ -1” in length, flat, and attached directly to the twig via a small peg. Needles are dark green above, with prominent glaucous white stomatal bands beneath. Twigs and Buds ...

An international team of scientists, led by UWE Bristol Visiting Professor Alessandro Chiolerio, has discovered that Norway spruce trees (Picea abies) can anticipate and collectively respond to a ...

Spruce trees retain ancient memories of their environment and communicate with one other in the hours preceding a solar eclipse, a new international study suggests. "We now see the forest not as a ...

Spruce trees retain ancient memories of their environment and communicate with one other in the hours preceding a solar eclipse, a new international study suggests. "We now see the forest not as a ...

In their new research, scientists from Italy, the United Kingdom, Spain and Australia monitored multiple spruce trees (Picea abies) to assess their individual and collective bioelectrical responses to ...