Temperate plant ecosystem typical of region of north America
Naturally regenerated longleaf pines in DeSoto National Forest, Mississippi
The longleaf pine ecosystem is a temperate coniferous forest ecosystem found within the Southern United States. Spanning pine savannas, sandhills and montane forests, it includes many rare plant and animal species, and is one of the most biodiverse in North America.[1] Once one of the largest ecosystems in North America, from Virginia south to Florida and west to Texas, it now occupies less than a quarter of the original range. Degradation of the ecosystem is partially due to excessive timber harvesting, urbanization, and fire exclusion. Although the ecosystem is heavily fragmented at present, it still carries a great diversity of plant and animal species, many of which are endemic. A range of techniques, including planting longleaf pine seedlings, introducing prescribed burning regimens, managing native ground cover, and controlling invasive species within the ecosystem, are used in attempting to preserve this threatened ecosystem.
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especially common in longleafpine savannas, where the tortoises are the primary grazers, playing an essential role in their ecosystem. Except during breeding...
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fecundity coupled with the extensive loss of suitable habitat - the longleafpine savannas in the Gulf coastal plain of the southeastern United States...
(1993). Longleafpine vegetation of the southern Atlantic and eastern Gulf Coast regions: a preliminary classification. In The LongleafPineEcosystem: Ecology...
regions of the world: Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Leuser EcosystemLongleafpineEcosystem Tarangire Ecosystem Hatcher, Bruce Gordon (1990). "Coral reef...
(1993). Longleafpine vegetation of the southern Atlantic and eastern Gulf Coast regions: a preliminary classification. In The LongleafPineEcosystem: Ecology...
as the Carolina sand hills and open piney woodlands such as the longleafpineecosystem. It has bright yellow pea like flowers which attract insect pollinators...
harvested in the early 1900s. At the end of the 19th century, the longleafpineecosystem covered millions of acres across the southeastern US, from Virginia...
terrestrial turtle, Terrapene carolina, to prescribed fire in a LongleafPineecosystem". Forest Ecology and Management. 432: 949–956. doi:10.1016/j.foreco...
strategies vary by region; examples include the burning of the longleafpineecosystem by Native Americans in what is today the southeastern United States...
the longleafpine "Georgia pine" were widely employed in this. This originally Native American skill is now being replicated across the world. Pine needle...
south. Uplands (aka: longleafpine-bluestem uplands; dry upland forests; longleafpine uplands) In its natural state, this ecosystem is often described...
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United States. A rare subshrub, it is found in the endangered longleafpineecosystem, and, like most species there, is fire‑adapted. Fire suppression...
that red imported fire ants help the movement of seeds in the longleafpineecosystem. Elaiosome-bearing seeds are collected at a higher rate in contrast...
greatly to loss of longleafpine forest communities. Within the flatwoods, xeric longleafpine–turkey oak communities, sand pine scrub and oak hammocks...
reticulata. The habitat of S. reticulata includes wetlands within the longleafpineecosystem. S. reticulata, along with other Siren species, exhibits habitat...
North America. The hairy-horned scorpionfly is associated with the longleafpineecosystem. "Bittacus pilicornis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information...
influence of prescribed fire on site selection in snakes in the longleafpineecosystem". Forest Ecology and Management. 481: 118703. doi:10.1016/j.foreco...
intimately associated with the longleafpine sandhill or high pine ecoregion. High pinelands typically consist of longleafpines, wiregrass, and other grasses...
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