
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.
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Site Manager
Thomas A. Waldrop, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station |
Site Data Manager
Ross Phillips, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station |
Site Discipline Leaders
Economics Jamie Barbour, USDA Forest Service, PNW Research Station |
Entomology Roy Hedden, Clemson University, Dept. Forest Resources |
Fuels Thomas A. Waldrop, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station |
Pathology Steve Jeffers, Clemson University, Dept. Plant Pathology |
Soils Vic Shelburne, Clemson University, Dept. Forest Resources |
Vegetation Thomas A. Waldrop, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station |
Wildlife Dave Guynn, Clemson University, Dept. Forest Resources Drew Lanham, Clemson University, Dept. Forest Resources |
Person | Year | Title |
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Edminster, Weatherspoon, Neary | 2000 | The Fire and Fire Surrogates Study: providing guidelines for fire in future forest watershed management decisions |
McIver, Erickson, Youngblood | 2012 | Principal short-term findings of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate study |
Neuenschwander, Ryan, Weatherspoon | 2000 | A proposed long-term national study of the consequences of fire and fire surrogate treatments |
Peterson, Maguire, Youngblood, Metlen, Knapp, Outcalt, Stephens, Waldrop, Yaussy | 2005 | Implementation of the fire and fire surrogate study: a national research effort to evaluate the consequences of fuel reduction treatments |
Person | Year | Title |
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McIver, Erickson, Youngblood | 2012 | Principal short-term findings of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate study |
Person | Year | Title |
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Connor, Mohr, Waldrop | 2006 | A simulation of wildfire behavior in Piedmont forests |
Connor, Mohr, Waldrop, Rideout-Hanzak, Phillips, Flint | 2004 | Effectiveness of fire and fire surrogate treatments for controlling wildfire behavior in Piedmont forests: a simulation study |
Connor, Waldrop, Glass, Rideout-Hanzak, Shelburne, Mohr, Phillips | 2004 | An evaluation of fuel-reduction treatments across a landscape gradient in Piedmont forests: preliminary results of the national fire and fire surrogate study |
McIver, Erickson, Youngblood | 2012 | Principal short-term findings of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate study |
Person | Year | Title |
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McIver, Erickson, Youngblood | 2012 | Principal short-term findings of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate study |
Youngblood, Bigler-Cole, Fettig, Fiedler, Knapp, Lehmkuhl, Outcalt, Skinner, Stephens, Waldrop | 2007 | Making fire and fire surrogate science available: a summary of regional workshops with clients |
Person | Year | Title |
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Connor, Phillips, Waldrop, Chapman, Mohr, Callaham, Flint | 2004 | Effects of fuel-reduction techniques on vegetative composition of Piedmont loblolly-shortleaf pine communities: preliminary results of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate Study |
McIver, Erickson, Youngblood | 2012 | Principal short-term findings of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate study |
Peterson, Maguire, Youngblood, Metlen, Knapp, Outcalt, Stephens, Waldrop, Yaussy | 2005 | Implementation of the fire and fire surrogate study: a national research effort to evaluate the consequences of fuel reduction treatments |
Phillips, Waldrop | 2008 | Changes in vegetation structure and composition in response to fuel reduction treatments in the South Carolina Piedmont |
Person | Year | Title |
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McIver, Erickson, Youngblood | 2012 | Principal short-term findings of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate study |