Jeffrey pine: The cone are woody, 5 to 12 inches long and a fat oval; each scale has curved prickle that curves in; typically much larger than ponderosa cones.

A University of Maine professor explains the factors contributing to an abundance of eastern white pine cones that grew on trees last fall and dropped to the ground over the past few months.

Pine cones are all around us in holiday celebrations. Ever wondered which kind is which? Here's a guide to help you identify some common ones.

6,000 Jeffrey pine seeds Thanks in large part to community donations of seed, the SPF already had 30,000 Jeffrey pine seeds in cold storage, which is why they didn’t harvest more of this species.

Have you noticed more pine cones around your property than in years past? Take our poll below. Are you seeing more pine cones around your property than in years past? Yes, they're everywhere!

QUESTION: Last weekend I was working under a large pine tree and noticed something falling on my head. I discovered they were tiny worms about one-eighth to three-sixteenths of an ...

Scientists confirm the trees are producing an unusually large amount of pine cones this year. Maureen Foley of Jamaica Plain can hardly take a step in her front yard without crushing one.

A number of craft and home stores have color-changing fireplace pine cones that you can add to the fire in your fireplace or fire pit to make the flame glow in new and interesting colors while the ...

This method of caching large stores of food in one place is called larder-hoarding. These pine cone middens were well known to foresters in previous centuries who would raid the middens for seeds ...

Palms are non-native trees planted by property developers to lure Easterners looking for tropical climes. It's the “big cone spruce” that is uniquely our own.

Their scientific name, Tamiasciuirus hudsonicus, means “shadow-tailed nut hoarder of Hudson Bay,” alluding to their habit of stashing large numbers of pine cones in large piles (middens).