Shortleaf Pine to be topic of Second Annual Shortleaf Pine Conference
The Second Annual Shortleaf Pine Conference will be held Sept. 20-22 at the Monte Sano Sate Park in Huntsville, Ala.
Shortleaf Pine to be topic of Second Annual Shortleaf Pine ConferenceShortleaf Pine to be topic of Second Annual Shortleaf Pine Conference
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The Second Annual Shortleaf Pine Conference will be held Sept. 20-22 at the Monte Sano Sate Park in Huntsville, Ala.
Valuable species shortleaf pine to be topic of annual conference later this year
Shortleaf pine, a tree species that is valuable both from an
economic and natural resources standpoint, can be found on numerous S.C.
Department of Natural Resources properties from the Upstate to the
Lowcountry. A gathering of land managers interested
in the tree will be held at the Second Annual Shortleaf Pine Conference
Sept. 20-22 at the Monte Sano Sate Park in Huntsville, Ala.
The conference will be full of speakers, field trips and an
ongoing opportunity to talk, learn and discuss shortleaf pine management
for timber and wildlife habitat needs. For more information on the
shortleaf pine conference, contact Mike Black at the
University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture at (423) 718-3612.
Shortleaf pine has the widest range of any Southern pine species
and grows on a wide variety of sites from the mountains to the coast,
according to Johnny Stowe, S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
wildlife biologist, forester and heritage preserve
manager. It can be found growing with other pines (longleaf and
loblolly) in densities ranging from grasslands with few trees to closed
canopy forests.
A native species well-adapted to fire, shortleaf pine produces
seed eaten by birds and mammals. It produces some of the best lumber
among Southern pines, ranking with longleaf pine for strength and
beauty.
On some tracts, DNR is managing shortleaf pine as a component of
other ecosystems, and shortleaf pine seedlings from the S.C. Forestry
Commission were planted this year on Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve
in Lancaster County and on Marsh and Woodbury
Wildlife Management Areas, both in Marion County.
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