Blue Valley Experimental Forest
Established in 1964 to provide a focal area for silvicultural research of eastern white pine and associated hardwoods, the 1200-acre Blue Valley Experimental Forest is located near Highlands, North Carolina. Blue Valley typifies white pine-dominated portions of the southern highlands escarpment. The experimental forest area receives more than 70 inches of precipitation annually, but has infertile soils derived from decomposed granite. Current investigations include single tree selection and regeneration cutting/underburning of white pine-hardwood forests.
Key Personnel
Point of Contact
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Person
Tara L. Keyser, PhD
Station Directorhttps://research.fs.usda.gov/about/people/tara.keyser
Treesearch Publications
- Michael Ulyshen, Cory K. Adams, Jacqui Adams, Susan B. Adams, Mickey Bland, Don C. Bragg, Chuck Burdine, Mac A. Callaham, Richard Chaney, Gregg Chapman, Patsy Clinton, Cinnamon Dixon, Jacob Floyd, Phillip Jordan, Tara L. Keyser, Stephanie H. Laseter, Rachel Mallinger, Virginia McDaniel, Bryan Mudder, C. Dana Nelson, Katherine Odanaka, A. Christopher Oishi, Shawna L. Reid, Samm Reynolds, Kevin Robertson, Daniel Saenz, Mary Anne Sayer, Nathan Schiff, Brian Scholtens, Joel Scott, Martin Spetich, Melanie K. Taylor, John Willis, Andrew D. Young. 2024. Spatiotemporal patterns of forest pollinator diversity across the southeastern United States
- Dan Miller. 2023. Coleopteran predators of bark and woodboring beetles attracted to traps baited with ethanol and α-pinene in pine (Pinaceae) forests of the southern United States of America
- Zachary J. Robbins, E. Louise Loudermilk, Matthew Reilly, Joseph J. O'Brien, Kate Jones, Christopher T. Gerstle, Robert M. Scheller. 2022. Delayed fire mortality has long‐term ecological effects across the Southern Appalachian landscape
- Barton D. Clinton, James Vose, Wayne T. Swank, Erik C. Berg, David Loftis. 1998. Fuel consumption and fire characteristics during understory burning in a mixed white pine-hardwood stand in the Southern Appalachians.
Last updated February 15, 2023