Fifteen of Loveland's tree streets are named for pines, but I eliminated three Austrian Pine Lane, Ponderosa Drive, Ponderosa Place for being outside city limits. I spent about one minute short of an hour and a half walking the 2.88 miles of the other 12 tree streets.
The history of Christmas trees goes back to the symbolic use of evergreens in ancient Egypt and Rome and continues with the German tradition of candlelit Christmas trees first brought to America in the 1800s.
Knowing the type of evergreen can be important to its survival. Each evergreen type has its specific challenges, and knowing the identity immediately rules out certain causes or diseases.
Drought killed seedling Christmas trees this year in Nebraska and likely slowed the growth of mature ones, impacts that could haunt Christmases future.