Silvicultural Strategies to Convert Longleaf Pine Plantations to Multi-aged Stands and Groundcover Species Restoration

Friday, October 27, 2023

4:00pm - 4:30pm PST

Location: A6

CFE .5 / ISA CEU .5 / ESA CEU .125

Speaker(s)

Gabriel F. Nyen (he/him/his)

Graduate Student
Mississippi State University
Starkville, Mississippi, United States

Author(s)

Adam Polinko, PhD

Assistant Professor
Mississippi State University
SAF Working Group Officer
Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States
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Joshua Puhlick, PhD

Assistant Scientist
The Jones Center at Ichauway, United States

We designed silvicultural prescriptions to increase natural longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) regeneration and help transition even-aged plantations to multi-aged stands. Furthermore, we developed guidelines for restoring native forbs and grasses after the first commercial thinning of longleaf pine plantations to create best management practices for restoring biodiverse understories.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion, participants will be able to implement our guidelines for restoring native forbs and grasses following the first commercial thinning of planted longleaf pine.
Upon completion, participants will be able to reproduce silvicultural prescriptions to increase natural longleaf pine regeneration and help transition even-aged plantations to multi-aged stands.