| Contents |
The Legend -- Where People Came to Heal and Play -- A Most Peculiar Entertainment -- The Tree -- How to Know You're Standing under Longleaf -- The Prometheus Pine -- The Forest -- Tigers of the Bog -- A Very Old Woodpecker Has the Last Word on Fire -- The Range -- In Defense of Our Country -- Fire and Rain -- The Future -- Where City Meets Forest : Gardens Made by Longleaf -- Making Fire Possible Again -- Epilogue: Longleaf's Future Starts Here. |
| Abstract |
Longleaf forests once covered 92 million acres from Texas to Maryland to Florida. These grand old-growth pines were the "alpha tree" of the largest forest ecosystem in North America and have come to define the southern forest. But a complex web of factors has reduced those forests so that longleaf is now found only on 3 million acres. Fortunately, longleaf forests are once again spreading across the South. This book invites readers to experience the astounding beauty and significance of the majestic longleaf ecosystem. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-167) and index. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner NC copy Purchased from Amazon 11/27/2012 |
| LCCN | 2012007566 |
| ISBN | 9780807835753 (cloth: alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0807835757 (cloth: alk. paper) |
