Columbia Green brought the city of Columbia into the statewide Bradford Pear Bounty Exchange program this year. The program, ...

The trees were brought to South Carolina from Vietnam and China in ... injury they cross pollinated and created another nuisance species, the Callery pear. In the decades since, the trees have ...

And the prevalence of these types of trees in South Carolina is partly to blame for ... we're almost in keeping with the number of species of plants that they have in those states," Brown explained.

An author of a recent study about lightning's effect on trees in Panamanian forests says his team has gotten a large, positive response from people, including those who call the trees inspirational.

Tree law in South Carolina is serious business, with the current criminal code providing no exception for neighbors cutting back another's tree. It's backed up by three tiers of offenses based on ...