Julie Moore, a board member for the Southern Conservation Partners, has no shortage of enthusiasm for the longleaf pine. This is in part because she has witnessed first-hand the intriguing systems and ...

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

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, more ...

When European settlers came to North America, fire-dependent savannas anchored by lofty pines with footlong needles covered much of what became the southern United States. Yet by the 1990s, logging ...

Prior agricultural use of land has long-term effects on longleaf pine savannas, lasting up to half a century later, according to a study. Little is known about how the legacy of human land use, such ...

In the race to restore some of North America's most biodiverse and threatened ecosystems, a straightforward first step is likely among the most important. New research shows that degraded savanna ...

This is in part because she has witnessed first-hand the intriguing systems and ecological significance of the habitats of the pine — which is the North Carolina state tree. The themed educational ...

New research shows that degraded savanna ecosystems can reap lasting benefits from a single seeding of native understory plants. Once a diverse understory of savanna plants became established, its ...