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A Handbook for Forest Vegetation Management in Recreation and Historic Parks

Authors: Amy C. Helms, former Graduate Research Assistant and James E. Johnson, Extension Forester, College of Forestry and Wildlife Resources

Publication Number 420-143, October 1996


Figure 3. Loblolly pine is an early successional species that eventually dies out and is replaced by deciduous species like oaks and hickories.

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