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Shortleaf Pine: A Species Slipping Away?
Shortleaf pines crooked root collar (right) protects it from fire. Loblolly doesn’t have a crook (left), and shortleaf-loblolly hybrids have an inconspicuous crook that doesn’t confer fire tolerance....
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As Pollen Clouds Drift in, Native Pine Trees Hybridize
Red-cockaded woodpecker cluster in shortleaf pine-bluestem management area, Ouachita National Forest. Photo by U.S. Forest Service. The natural range of shortleaf pine is vast, spanning 22 states. The...
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The Role of Humans in U.S. Plant Invasions
Lonicera x bella, also called Bell’s honeysuckle, is a hybrid between two exotics, Lonicera morrowii and Lonicera tatarica. Unlike many exotic hybrids, it is included on the invasive plants lists of 14...
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Shortleaf Pine: The Future Requires Fire
Shortleaf pine cone. Photo by John B., courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Shortleaf and loblolly pine are closely related and have always hybridized occasionally. “However, hybrids are now so common that...
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Hybrids in the Seed Orchards
Shortleaf pine in Mount Ida Seed Orchard, Arkansas. Photo by Barbara Crane, USFS. Shortleaf pine is under siege, and one of the threats has emerged in seed orchards. “In some shortleaf seed orchards,...
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Silviculture to Restore Southern Fire-Adapted Pines
This shortleaf pine-dominated woodland is managed with prescribed fire, which benefits grasses. This stand also serves as nesting and foraging habitat for the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker. Photo...
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Genetics of Shortleaf and Longleaf Pine in Seed Orchards
A second generation shortleaf pine seed orchard in Arkansas. Photo by Barb Crane, USFS. Shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata) and longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) ecosystems have been dwindling for decades....
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