Bradford Pear Bounty Program Requirements
- Pre-registration is required.
- Tree removal is the homeowner’s responsibility. Several tree care service providers are offering discounts for those participating in the program. See the removal discounts page for more details, and find a certified arborist here.
- This is an event-based program. Participants must attend at the location and date/time of the event to pick up their trees.
- Any North Carolina resident local to the event location is eligible.
- Only the homeowner can register and receive replacement trees.
- A before and after photo must be brought to the event (i.e., a picture of the tree standing and a picture of the tree on the ground). If the tree was not flowering when cut, an additional photo with a close up of the leaves or bark is required.
- Replacement trees are free, native, and offered on a first-come, first-served basis.
- Up to five (5) trees can be exchanged at a one-to-one ratio for the removal of five (5) Bradford pears.
Replacement Native Tree List
(Subject to availability and may differ between events)
(Subject to availability and may differ between events)
- Boxelder (Acer negundo)
- Red maple (Acer rubrum)
- Silver maple (Acer saccharinum)
- Serviceberry (Amelanchier spp.)
- Pawpaw (Asimina triloba)
- Flowering dogwood (Benthamidia florida)
- River birch (Betula nigra)
- Eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis)
- American beech (Fagus grandifolia)
- Tulip-poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera)
- Swamp blackgum (Nyssa biflora)
- Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)
- Swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor)