WASHINGTON - America's most popular Christmas tree, the Scotch pine, may have a second career providing pain relief someday. The Scotch pine's bark contains compounds similar to those already used ...

Pine pitch is accumulating on some branches or trunks and must be exuding from wounds or openings. A reader recently noticed that their Scotch pine tree has a lot of loose bark. Special to The Forum ...

A fake Christmas tree may be more popular, but here’s a new reason to appreciate the real thing: Researchers have identified a group of anti-inflammatory compounds in the bark of the Scotch pine ...

Dry cones also make excellent kindling. The species is also valued as an ornamental trees for its vivid and distinctive orange bark. All of these factors mean that this beautiful tree is also of great ...

On the tree, cones are cylindrical and pointed at the ends, approximately three inches long and do not have spines at the end of the scales. Cones become more egg shaped as the scales begin to open up ...

Mature trees have bare, curved trunks with an umbrella-like branch formation at the top. The Scotch pine is easily recognized by its curvy trunk and distinctive orange bark on its upper trunk and ...

The needles of Scotch pine are bluish green, and the cones are a grayish brown, from 1 to 3 inches long. Scotch pine is valued for its form, which becomes more picturesque as it matures. The bark ...