TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – Michigan’s annual $45 million Christmas tree and greenery industry may get a financial boost this year, but not because of rising prices.

Plastic Christmas trees imported from China have grown more expensive because of tariffs, which is expected to spur an uptick in holiday season demand for real trees – a well-known Michigan agricultural commodity. Despite that expectation, experts say prices of Christmas trees grown in Michigan are not predicted to rise this year.

“Growers are prepared, supply is strong, and most are holding wholesale prices steady this year,” said Marsha Gray, executive director of the Real Christmas Tree Board, an industry agency based in Howell, Michigan.

Michigan ranks third in the nation in the number of Christmas trees harvested for the ho

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