Long-Term Studies of Prescribed Burning in Loblolly Pine Forests of the Southeastern Coastal Plain

Thomas A. Waldrop; David H. van Lear; F. Thomas Lloyd; William R. Harms

doi:10.2737/SE-GTR-45

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Long-Term Studies of Prescribed Burning in Loblolly Pine Forests of the Southeastern Coastal Plain

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Authors:

Thomas A. Waldrop, David H. van Lear, F. Thomas Lloyd, William R. Harms

Year:

1987

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Southern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/SE-GTR-45

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. SE-45. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 23 p.

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Abstract

Prescribed fire provides many benefits in southern pine A study begun in 1946 provides a unique opportunity stands. to observe long-term changes in understory vegetation, soil properties, and overstory tree growth caused by repeated burning.

Keywords

backing fire, headfire, understory hardwoods, nitrogen, phosphorus, calcium, basal area

Citation

Waldrop, Thomas A.; van Lear, David H.; Lloyd, F. Thomas; Harms, William R. 1987. Long-Term Studies of Prescribed Burning in Loblolly Pine Forests of the Southeastern Coastal Plain. Gen. Tech. Rep. SE-45. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 23 p.