BECAUSE THEY PRODUCED LEAVES EARLIER THAN OTHER TREES, THEY CAN SHADE OUT NATIVE PLANTS, BRINGING BIG PROBLEMS FOR LOCAL ... TREES NATIVE TO NORTH CAROLINA, SIMILAR TO BRADFORD PEARS, INCLUDE ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — In parts of western North Carolina, Christmas trees are big business ... the Christmas trees in the fields, but it’s really affected us with the roads,” said Larry ...

(AP) -Dry conditions, wind and trees downed by Hurricane Helene fueled wildfires in North ... the situation very closely.” Two fires were burning in the mountains of South Carolina.