Jack pine is often used for timber and sometimes landscaping. Longleaf pines (Pinus palustris) have bright green needles and thick bark features scales. The tree can take up to 150 years to mature ...

The trees with black bark were called black jack pine; those with yellow bark were called yellow pine. But they're the same tree — the yellow ones are just older. When the tree reaches 110 to ...

Trees, especially pine trees, are in for challenging times. Although pine trees are relatively drought tolerant, ongoing drought, as we’ve experienced in Marin County for several years, has ...