ASHEVILLE — The Hemlock Restoration Initiative last week announced four grants totaling $50,000 to help to restore North Carolina’s hemlock trees to long-term health.

Hemlock may take 250 to 300 years to reach maturity and may live for 800 years or more. The less common Carolina and mountain hemlock are very close genetically to the Eastern hemlock Tsuga family ...

The eastern hemlock tree is a foundational species native to East Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky and New York, according to Adventure Scientists.

Seven different varieties of Christmas trees are grown in Georgia: white pine, Virginia pine, red cedar, Arizona cypress, Leyland Cypress, Canadian hemlock and Carolina hemlock. No matter which ...

This winter, go for a hike and save the eastern hemlock tree at the same time. Here's how. ... Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky and New York, according to Adventure Scientists.

Eastern hemlocks can live more than 800 years, "rivaling some of the giant trees of the Pacific Coast," the foundation says. Woolly adelgids can kill the magnificent trees by sucking their sap.

The pest hasn't yet been identified in Androscoggin County towns, but one state entomologist said it's only a matter of time. An invasive insect that weakens and kills hemlock trees is steadily ...

The eastern hemlock tree is a foundational species native to East Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky and New York, according to Adventure Scientists.