Eastern hemlock trees do not do well in an urban environment and have a very low tolerance for polluted air and salt damage from roadways. It needs to be in a sheltered location protected from drying ...

Pennsylvania's state tree is the eastern hemlock. Its scientific name is "Tsuga canadensis."The eastern hemlock was named the state tree in 1931.These trees are slow-growing and long-lived, taking 250 ...

Grimes Glen in Naples, Briggs Gully in Honeoye and forest above Canadice and Hemlock lakes are in danger of losing hemlock trees to an invasive insect, hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA). These aren’t the ...

We had our first winter snow storm this past weekend, a nice change from the warmer than usual conditions across most of the country. Snow is an important part of our local ecosystems, the plants and ...