Photo Credit

Photo by Jim Guldin, USFS

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. 

Managing our nation’s public forests and grasslands is the Forest Service mission. Our goal is to maintain and improve their health, diversity, and productivity to meet the needs of future generations. 

The South is home to many iconic and beloved landscapes – longleaf pine ecosystems, oak- hickory forests of Appalachia, mangrove stands along the coast, bottomland hardwoods of the Mississippi Alluvial Valley, and more.

For each of these ecosystems, the Southern Research Station provides sound research practices, strategies, and models to guide land management decisions. We work closely with partners to quantify the vital role of land management in influencing and restoring forest ecosystems. We provide science and technology to help sustain forests in the 13 southern states and beyond

Updated Silvics of North America Project (USNAP)