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Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees? These Spruce Trees in Finland Are Growing Tiny Flecks of Gold in Their Needles

Scientists find bacteria inside Norway spruce needles that can turn dissolved gold into solid nanoparticles.
High Plains Journal

Fall care of newly planted trees

As autumn settles in, it’s easy to think gardening season is winding down. For trees, especially those newly planted, fall is ...
AlphaGalileo

Naturally Fast-Growing Spruce Trees Have Many Long Fibers

Rapid height growth may positively influence fiber length in Swedish spruce wood. A case study investigated wood samples from ...

Yes, Gold Sometimes Does Grow On (Or In) Trees

Gold remains a valuable material and while it doesn’t grow on trees, a new study published in the journal Environmental ...
The Mirror US on MSN

Gold nuggets found in Christmas trees growing in Santa's backyard

Minuscule particles of gold in the needles of Norway spruce trees that are produced by bacteria living inside the plant ...
Earth.com

Money doesn't grow on trees, but gold does, according to a new study

Plants do more than photosynthesize - some of them make gold. Scientists in Finland found gold particles inside Norway spruce ...

How will Maritime trees fare as the province warms? Plant them down south and find out

At the Acadia Research Forest north of Fredericton, researchers from UNB are in the early stages of a project to assess how ...
Columbus Dispatch

Garden: Pine, spruce or fir. Which one is your evergreen?

I trimmed my boxwood shrubs at home this past weekend and the whir of my hedge trimmer lulled me into thinking about the plethora of questions I routinely receive from gardeners and homeowners about ...