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Fatal Fungus Turns Beetles’ Chemical Shields Into a Deadly Weakness

Learn more about the chemical arms race between a fungus, a tree, and a beetle.

This Fungus Turns Bark Beetles’ Defenses Against Them

Spruce bark beetles hijack their host tree’s chemical defenses, transforming them into potent weapons against fungal threats.
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80-foot Norway spruce will make journey from front yard to Rockefeller Center

NEW YORK — An 80-foot-tall (24-meter) Norway spruce from the Binghamton, New York area has been selected as this year's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree and will be cut down and trucked to New York ...
Berkshire Eagle

Here's how the giant tree was felled in front of hundreds of onlookers Thursday morning

WEST STOCKBRIDGE — In the minutes after the chain saw ran through the base of the Norway spruce tree headed for holiday fame, the 71-foot giant hung in stasis before it finally laid horizontal. It was ...
WBAL-TV

A Norway spruce from West Virginia is headed to the US Capitol to be this year's Christmas tree

A 63-foot (19-meter) Norway spruce from the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia is on its way to the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol to be the Christmas tree for 2023.Snow fell on the crew members ...
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Norway spruce leaves Massachusetts for Rockefeller Center

WEST STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A giant Norway spruce that will serve as this year's Rockefeller Christmas tree was headed to New York City on Thursday from its Massachusetts hometown. The 74-foot-high ...