Trees are a vital part of North Carolina’s natural beauty, offering shade, clean air, and a habitat for wildlife. However, ...

Helene reshaped much of western North Carolina’s landscape, rerouting rivers and felling large swaths of forests. Aerial ...

The Cooperative Extension Plant Clinic can provide information on scale insect control, urban tree care, and other ...

North Carolina is experiencing climate change: warmer temperatures (especially at night), more frequent extreme rainfall and a rise in sea level, scientists have found. Farmers and gardeners must ...

Shrubs seem to be more adapted to cooling events than trees, which is probably why shrubs are found further north. That is why I love to study shrubs; they seem to be the true heroes of the north." ...

One of the original Florida state parks, opened to the public in 1935, the 13,000-acre expanse felt more like Georgia or North Carolina with ... endangered torreya tree found only on the high ...

In an effort to help keep the valley cool, the city of North ... Plants, will set up shop at Valley View Park at 2000 Bennett St. at 11 a.m. to distribute 15-gallon desert-adapted trees that ...

As you approach spring landscaping chores, you might be considering adding a dogwood tree to your yard. Types of dogwood trees vary from the 6- to 12-inch miniature dogwood “tree” known as bunchberry ...

In Asheville, Hot Springs and other towns that cater to hikers, many restaurants, hotels and Airbnb’s have reopened. Road ...

and furniture and paper products using North Carolina trees and lumber. Much of this “Big Three” economy was located in small towns and rural areas in the state. The second transformation ...