SKIP NAVIGATION CONTACT LOG IN SEARCH SITE CURRENT SECTION ADVANCED YOU ARE HERE LONGLEAF PINE STAGES OVERVIEW STATUS BOARD OF DIRECTORS PARTNERS SUPPORTER STATISTICS TESTIMONIALS THE BIG PICTURE PHYSIOLOGY HABITATS ANIMALS AND PLANTS ECONOMICS FORESTRY MANAGEMENT PRESCRIBED FIRE ACADEMY COURSE DESCRIPTIONS SCHEDULE MATERIALS PAYMENT CANCELLATION POLICY FIND GRADUATE NEXT GENERATION PAST AND PRESENT MEMOIRS FOREST AMERICAN LUMBERMAN OLD GROWTH CHAMPION NURSERY SURCHARGE PROGRAM ARCHIVES NEWSLETTERS DOCUMENTS CONFERENCES WEBINARS PHOTO GALLERY RESOURCES EVENTS CALENDAR UPCOMING PAST MISSIONS INFO LIVED SOUTHERN PINE LONGLEAF PINES REACH TREES IN EXCESS DOCUMENTED POINT OLD AGE THE LIFE HISTORY OF SCALE THE FOREST AT ALL TIMES TRANSITIONING SIMULTANEOUSLY RESEARCH LOOKS DEFINED STAND OLD TREES LESS THAN THE SEED STAGE FALLING THE TREE WINGED SEEDS FLOOR AWAIT ADEQUATE MOISTURE GERMINATION HEAVY RAIN SEED FALL YIELD GREEN BLANKET WEEKS ALMOST GENERALLY NEED TO MINERAL SOIL TO SURVIVE FIRST STAGE SEEDLINGS SUSCEPTIBLE DROUGHT PREDATION THE NEXT LIFE GRASS UNIQUE LIFE HISTORY SEEDLING HENCE GROWING TIP PROTECTED NEEDLES GROUND LEVEL FIRES SWEEP THE NEEDLES BURN THE TIP BUD REMAINS QUICKLY REPLACE BURNED OFF VIRTUALLY IMMUNE PUTTING DOWN IMPRESSIVE ROOT SYSTEM INFECTED FUNGUS BROWN SPOT NEEDLE CAUSES HAMPER CAUSE LAST FROM ONE SEVEN YEARS DEGREE COMPETITION PLANTS RARE DIAMETER THE ROOT COLLAR AREA RIGHT BEGIN HEIGHT BEGINNING WHITE EMERGE SHEATH GROW FEET CANDLE BEGINS TURN BARK BRANCHES THIS TIME CAUSING LOOK LIKE SHORT PERIOD ABLE ADVANTAGEOUS POSITION GATHER SUNLIGHT ITS GROWING ABOVE ENOUGH COUPLE SAPLING 10 FEET LATERAL SIGNAL THE BEGINNING OF MODESTLY OF 3 TIPS SEEN TUFTED AT THE END THE BRANCHES LESS INCHES MATURE 30 YEARS AFTER PRODUCE CONES FERTILE LOWER LIMBS SHED THE TRUNK FILL BRANCH FREE TREE LIVING TELEPHONE POLE SOLD TELEPHONE POLES CONTINUE UP TO 11 POORER CEASES SHOW SIGNS DECAY REACHING RED HEART DENSE HEART SAPPY FULL PERIOD REACHED DOMINATE HISTORICAL DESCRIBE TALL CONVENTIONAL WISDOM SUGGESTS STOP SIZE EXIST ACTUALLY RATES OLDER INTERNAL HALF THE TREES ACRE DEATH IN A LANDSCAPE SEES ICE STORMS REGULAR REALLY REMARKABLE SURVIVE EVERYTHING MOTHER NATURE HAS TO THROW EVENTUALLY ABILITY FEND PESTS BLACK TURPENTINE INITIAL WEAKENING THINNING BEETLE ACTIVITY WILTING FINALLY COMPLETE AFTER DEATH WE THINK CONTRIBUTION ORGANISM FOCUS THE LIVING ECOSYSTEM DEAD ONCE TORN FORAGING WHAT REMAINS THE WHITE SKELETON SNAGS FOR ONLY RESINOUS WOOD EXPOSED SNAG IGNITE FOREST FIRE DOCUMENT SEND PRINT ALLIANCE DIXON ROAD ALABAMA PERSONAL TOOLS