From loblolly to longleaf: fifth-year results of a longleaf pine restoration study at two ecologically distinct sites

Benjamin O. Knapp; G. Geoff Wang; Joan L. Walker; Huifeng Hu

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From loblolly to longleaf: fifth-year results of a longleaf pine restoration study at two ecologically distinct sites

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Authors:

Benjamin O. Knapp, G. Geoff Wang, Joan L. Walker, Huifeng Hu

Year:

2015

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

In: Holley, A. Gordon; Connor, Kristina F.; Haywood, James D., eds. Proceedings of the 17th biennial southern silvicultural research conference. e–Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS–203, Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station: 470-472.

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Abstract

Historical land-use and management practices in the southeastern United States have resulted in the widespread conversion of many upland sites from dominance of longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) to loblolly pine (P. taeda L.) in the time following European settlement. Given the ecological, economic, and cultural significance of the longleaf pine ecosystem, there is current interest in restoring longleaf pine and its associated plant communities on sites across the historical longleaf pine range.

Parent Publication

Proceedings of the 17th biennial southern silvicultural research conference

Keywords

loblolly pine, longleaf pine, Pinus taeda, Pinus palustris, conversion, restoration

Citation

Knapp, Benjamin O.; Wang, G. Geoff; Walker, Joan L.; Hu, Huifeng. 2015. From loblolly to longleaf: fifth-year results of a longleaf pine restoration study at two ecologically distinct sites. In: Holley, A. Gordon; Connor, Kristina F.; Haywood, James D., eds. Proceedings of the 17th biennial southern silvicultural research conference. e–Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS–203, Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station: 470-472.