If your yard could use more shade and needs it pronto, here are some of the best fast-growing shade trees to plant in the ...

People like to start fires,” said Robert Scheller, a forestry and environmental resources professor at N.C. State. “We’re ...

New housing and shopping areas are often desirable improvements to any human community. But what benefits one species can be ...

In eastern North Carolina, fires helped maintain Long Leaf pine forests. In the state’s Piedmont and in Western North Carolina, fires helped oak trees thrive. “What we’re seeing now ...

Discover why spring allergies are worsening and learn effective relief strategies for a more comfortable season.

In addition to their lovely fall foliage, sugar maple (acer saccharum) is a critically important tree to the ecology ... with beech, oak, birch, hickory and tulip poplar. The term “climax ...

The growth of new leaves isn’t just on live oaks, however, the other oaks, hackberries, cedar elms, Arizona ash and even ...

For those of you who aren’t aware that live oak trees drop their leaves every year despite the fact that we describe them as evergreen, look at the ground now. If you have live oak trees ...

A boy was rushed to hospital after being stabbed at a Poplar Park yesterday (Wednesday, March 26). An air ambulance was also sent to the scene of the incident. Officers raced to Pennyfields Park in ...