The purpose of this study is two-fold: document spatial and temporal changes in vegetation in managed slash pine plantations established on relic second-growth forested sites in a coastal wetland province; assess significance of changes in species presence and importance in relation to the expected successional trends. This project was not designed to assess-nor does it imply-a relationship between silvicultural activity and the occurrence of rare or endangered species. The techniques to monitor infrequent species are different than those used to evaluate general vegatation changes. The results reported here merely provide foresters, wildlife biologists, and plant ecologists with an estimate of general vegetational community responses to silvicultural activity in a poorly understood region.