Southeastern Piedmont (Clemson, SC)
- Clemson University Experimental Forest
- Piedmont pine and pine-hardwood forest
- Fire return interval: annual to 30 years
- Represents 15 million hectares in the southeastern Piedmont
- Dominant species include loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) and shortleaf pine (P. echinata) with mixtures of oak and other hardwoods in the canopy and subcanopy.
- The region is largely forested with second- or third-growth timber resulting from reforestation of abandoned farmland and harvesting since the Great Depression.
- South Carolina suppresses 4500 wildfires each year.
- At least one catastrophic wildfire (over 400 hectares) has occurred in South Carolina each year since 1970.
For information visit the Southeastern Piedmont FFS Site Location Web Site.
- Photographs
- People
- Study Descriptions Papers
- General Papers
- Economics Papers
- Entomology Papers
- Fuels Papers
- Pathology Papers
- Sociology Papers
- Soils Papers
- Vegetation Papers
- Wildlife Papers
- Resource Manager Papers
