Longleaf Pine Forest Restoration & Management - School of Forest ...
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Fire History<br />
• Post Glaciation -<br />
“Natural Fire”<br />
regime<br />
– 3-10 year return<br />
interval<br />
• What or who started<br />
the fires?<br />
Aesthetically Pleasing<br />
Lightning strikes across U.S.<br />
(1996 – 2000)<br />
Native Americans used fire as a<br />
management tool.<br />
• Improve browse<br />
– (Likely Nov. – April)<br />
• Cultivation<br />
– (Prior to planting- Spring?)<br />
• Protection<br />
– (Any time)<br />
• Access<br />
– (Would favor growing season)<br />
Burning in<br />
all seasons<br />
LL has evolved with in a system <strong>of</strong><br />
frequent, low intensity fire resulting in<br />
peculiar attributes such as…..<br />
<strong>Longleaf</strong> <strong>Pine</strong> Silvics<br />
• Seed germinate in the Fall<br />
• Seeds germinate & establish most successfully<br />
when exposed to mineral soil<br />
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