Tag: Lololly pine

Managing Oak-Pine Stands

by Sarah Farmer, SRS Science Communications  • 
About half of southern forests are a mix of oaks and pines growing side by side. In the past, getting rid of either the oaks or the pines had been a common management goal. “Pine plantations – stands with no oaks – have become one of the most recognizable symbols of forest management,” says John…  More 

For Loblolly Pines, A Fertilization and Water Scarcity Paradox

by Stephanie Worley Firley  • 
Driving down a country road or even an interstate highway in many areas of the South, one cannot help but notice them: the straight rows of pine trees, sometimes as far as the eye can see, that make up the 20 million acres of planted pines in the region. Eighty percent of these trees are…  More