UPLAND PINE : Looking west from grid stake E4.

January 1997

This area was burned for the first time in more than 50 years on 10 Apr 1996.

No longleaf pine reproduction occurs in the shade of laurel oaks.

1 April 2004

Laurel oaks cut and area burned four more times since 1997.

Burned most recently on 18 Feb 2004.

February 2007

Upland pine: area burned six times thus far, most recently on 14 April 2005.

30 January 2009

Upland pine: area burned eight times thus far, most recently on 18 June 2008.