CBHR technicians monitoring pondberry populations. (Forest Service photo)
Pondberry (Lindera melissifolia) is a rarely seen woody plant that grows in seasonally flooded wetlands and on the edges of sinks and ponds in six southern states. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed it as an endangered species in 1986. Much of the land where pondberry previously occurred has been converted to agricultural fields. Drainage and flooding of wetlands and timber cutting have also affected pondberry populations.
As part of a conservation program, it is essential to find all of the existing pondberry populations so that we may follow the growth or decline of the species. The publication entitled A guide to finding pondberry is designed to help both amateurs and professionals correctly identify pondberry throughout the year. If you find a new population of pondberry, please contact us. We will add your information to the database we use to track pondberry populations in the South.
Research Studies
Title
Lead Scientists
A Stella Model for Estimating Short-Rotation Woody Biomass Production in a Soil-Tree-Atmosphere System
Ying Ouyang
Assessing Wetland Restoration/Creation Practices on Southern Agricultural Lands
Diane DeSteven
CEAP-Wetlands Literature Review:
Agricultural conservation practices and wetland ecosystem services
in the Southeastern Coastal Plain region
Diane DeSteven
Dendrochronology and Heavy Metals in Tree Rings of Baldcypress
Margaret Devall
Ecosystem Dynamics and the Sustainability of Native Pondberry (Lindera Melissifolia [Walt] Blume) Colonies in Mississippi
Margaret Devall Nathan Schiff Paul Hamel TracyHawkins
Estimation of Pollutant and Sediment Loads into Surface Waters in Yazoo River Basin, Mississippi
Ying Ouyang
Estimation of Soil C02 Flux in Short-Rotation Woody Crop Lands with Stella Model
Ying Ouyang
Influence of climate variation on vegetation dynamics
in Southeastern depressional wetlands
Diane DeSteven
Large-scale comparison of restoration techniques:
impact on herbaceous plant diversity
Diane DeSteven Emile Gardiner
Real-Time Monitoring the Variations and Loads of Nutrients, Sediments, and Dissolved Organic Carbon in Rivers Uing Dynamic Data Driven Application System
Ying Ouyang
Reproductive Biology of Pondberry (Lindera Melissifolia [Walt] Blume)
Margaret Devall Nathan Schiff
Response of Small Mammal Populations to Restoration of Forest to Abandoned Agricultural Lands on the Sharkey Site, Sharkey County, Mississippi
Paul Hamel
Vegetation and hydrology patterns in Lower Coastal Plain depression wetlands
Diane DeSteven
Vegetation dynamics in restored Carolina bay depressionwetlands
on the Savannah River Site, South Carolina
Diane De Steven Rebecca Sharitz Julian Singer
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