5 1/ 2 - 6 million Christmas trees are harvested annually (2nd ranked state)
	$100+ million wholesale value annually realized (1st ranked state)
	2,5000+ Christmas tree growers
	20,000+ acres used for Christmas tree production
	95%+ of the harvested Christmas trees are Fraser fir produced in the western 24 counties
	80%+ of the Fraser fir production is wholesale and shipped both in- and out-of-state
	additional North Carolina Christmas tree species include Virginia pine, eastern redcedar, eastern white pine and Leyland cypress

This page was last updated August 01, 1998.