Olustee Experimental Forest
The 3500-acre Olustee Experimental Forest was established near Lake City, FL in 1931. For more than 60 years, Olustee was the site of research on gum naval stores, genetic improvement of forest trees, insuring maximum survival and growth of plantations, and protecting the forest from damage by insects, disease, and fire. Although the Research Work Unit at Olustee was closed in 1996, the Southern Research Station continues to maintain the experimental forest for long-term experiments and as a reservoir for genetic material of historic value and continuing scientific interest.
Key Personnel
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Joseph J. O'Brien, PhD
Project Leader/Research Ecologisthttps://research.fs.usda.gov/about/people/joseph.j.obrien
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
- Sam Fox, Melanie K. Taylor, Mac A. Callaham, Ari Jumpponen. 2024. Fire-excluded and frequently burned longleaf pine forests have contrasting soil microbial communities
- Nuria Sánchez-López, Andrew T. Hudak, Luigi Boschetti, Carlos A. Silva, Kevin Robertson, E Louise Loudermilk, Benjamin C. Bright, Mac A. Callaham, Melanie K. Taylor. 2023. A spatially explicit model of tree leaf litter accumulation in fire maintained longleaf pine forests of the southeastern US
- Melanie K. Taylor, Dexter Strother, Mac A. Callaham. 2023. Fire exclusion reduces A‐horizon thickness in a long‐term prescribed fire experiment in Spodosols of northern Florida, USA
- James Barnett. 2019. Naval stores: A history of an early industry created from the South's forests
- T. A. Harrington. 1965. Planting Wetland Species On Upland Soil
Last updated February 15, 2023