Plant small conifer trees for birds! Seed-filled or berrylike ... so applying a thin layer of organic mulch, such as compost, ...

The long needles cause a very tufted look to the tree canopy. Bark on the red pine is scaly and red-orange in color in younger trees and platy and reddish brown in older trees. Cones are egg-shaped, ...

Sparse ground cover means the threat of fire is greatly reduced, a danger further lessened by the relative paucity of dead bristlecone needles in a landscape where trees ... pine is but 60 feet ...