In an old-growth longleaf pine savanna, the trees’ pine needles sing in the wind. Once considered forests, these landscapes in the southeastern U.S. coastal plain are open-canopied and sunny ...

The thick bark of the longleaf pine, and its young seedlings, which resemble a clump of grass, are naturally resistant to fire. The flames clear out competing vegetation, and leave behind ...

Longleaf pine savanna dominated portions of the southeastern United States prior to the arrival of Europeans. This biodiversity hotspot once spanned some 90 million acres but has largely vanished.

Talk to anyone who works with longleaf pine trees – which many agree are as iconic to the Southeast as redwoods are to California – and one number is bound to come up: 90 million acres.. That ...

Study co-author Dale Brockway (left) and Bladen Lakes State Forest supervisor Hans Rohr (right) survey longleaf pine trees in southeastern North Carolina. New research on tree reproduction is ...

To promote longleaf, forest managers need to set regular, low-intensity fires and thin out other trees to clear out competing vegetation. By doing so, they reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire.

Efforts are underway to replace longleaf pine habitats in many areas, not just for the return of the pine trees themselves but also to re-create homes for the many plants and animals that depend ...

Plant some trees with your family for Annual Big Thicket planting event. Each winter Big Thicket welcomes volunteers to help plant thousands of longleaf pine seedlings in various areas of the ...

As the South developed, Bowman Cutway says that the longleaf pine population decreased, since it was very useful in construction and development. As a slow-growing tree, most of the trees were ...