In 1951, SFTIC began a pine seed-source study throughout the South. As part of this study, the Northeastern Forest Experiment Station established, between 1953 and 1958, a loblolly pine plantation in eastern Maryland and some shortleaf pine plantations in south-central Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey. Each plantation contained seedlings from several geographic sources. This report describes the results obtained from measurements made between the 1967 and 1968 growing seasons in these plantations.

S2Disking in another possible mechanical treatment, and it has the merit of not disturbing the natural drainage. However, up to the middle 1950s, disking had not been tried on the Eastern Shore. Since disking seemed to offer advantages over bulldozing, a study was started in 1956 to determine its effectiveness. Some of the questions we hoped to answer were: How intensively should an area be treated? What species and stem sizes of hardwood trees and shrubs are eliminated? Which ones are only set back and soon recover? How fast do these recover? (i.e. how long after treatment can pine seedlings start and still become dominant?) This report describes what we learned about these questions and about the role of disking in Eastern Shore timber management.S3.

This book unites a wealth of current information on the ecology, silviculture and restoration of the Longleaf Pine ecosystem. The book includes a discussion of the significant historical, social and political aspects of ecosystem management, making it a valuable resource for students, land managers, ecologists, private landowners, government agencies, consultants and the forest products industry.

Some no. include reports compiled from information furnished by State Foresters (and others).

Some no. include reports compiled from information furnished by State Foresters (and others).