Military Bases Provide Unlikely Refuge for South's Longleaf Pine

Military Bases Provide Unlikely Refuge for South's Longleaf Pine,
November 10, 2011,
By Bruce Dorminey,
Environmental 360, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.

"The expanses of longleaf pine forest that once covered the southeastern United States have been whittled away to just 3 percent of their original range. But as scientists are discovering, this threatened forest ecosystem has found a sanctuary in an unexpected place - U.S. military installations."

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