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At least 20 square feet: Amount of greenspace available to wildlife for each Christmas tree grown.
100: Least amount of times each Christmas tree is visited to be shaped, fertilized, and otherwise cared for.
5-6 million: Christmas trees harvested annually.
5+: Age of some eastern grown species when harvested. Fraser fir, which is slower growing, is typically 10+ years to harvest.
More than a dozen: Christmas tree species are grown in NC. Trees include Fraser fir, Canaan fir, Concolor fir, Nordman fir, Turkish fir, blue spruce, Norway spruce, white spruce, eastern red cedar, Leyland cypress, ‘Carolina Saphire’ Arizona cypress, ‘Blue Ice’ Arizona cypress, ‘Green Giant’ arborvitae, white pine, Virginia pine, and Scotch pine. However, 96% or more of production is the state’s native tree, the Fraser fir.
Zero: Amount of waste from a cut Christmas tree – a completely recyclable, renewable product.
To learn more about the NC Christmas Tree Industry, its history and what makes the Fraser Fir such a great Christmas tree visit, www.ces.ncsu.edu/fletcher/programs/xmas.