Getty Images Tips for eating your Christmas tree Stick to pine, fir and spruce trees. Cedar, cypress and especially yew trees should be avoided because they can be toxic or inedible.

Evergreen trees and shrubs often (but not always) have needles and produce cones. These needled cone-bearing trees are called conifers. Example of conifer trees include pine, fir, spruce and cedar.

All parts of the yew tree are toxic. Other conifers to avoid are Norfolk pine, Cypress trees, Hedging “cedars” (Cypress family) and Australian pine.

The pine, the spruce and the fir tree generally prefer slightly acidic soil and full sun and have a preference for medium moisture. There are plenty of other evergreens to discover. There are ...

No holiday is complete without picking the best Christmas tree. Here's how to pick a long-lasting, live X-mas tree, whether you want fir, spruce, or pine, according to experts.

If you have spruce or pine trees, check them now. If the central leader is totally brown and flagged (drooping over like a shepherd’s crook) as well as perhaps some of the branches in the first ...

Science B.C. pine beetles now killing spruce trees CBC News · Posted: Jun 28, 2007 1:57 PM PDT | Last Updated: June 28, 2007 ...