Timber Thinning and Prescribed Burning as Methods to Increase Herbage on Grazed and Protected Longleaf Pine Ranges
- 1 November 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in Journal of Range Management
- Vol. 34 (6) , 494-497
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3898106
Abstract
Selective commercial timber thinning and prescribed burning are effective tools in maintaining a productive forage resource on stocked range of longleaf pine (P. palustris). Productive mixtures of herbaceous species can be sustained through periodic timber thinning to maintain 12-20 m2/ha of longleaf pine basal area and rotational winter burning, at 3-yr intervals. Two to 3 years of heavy use can be expected after patch cutting if the area of patch cuts constitutes a minor percentage of the total grazed range unit. Heavy use may convert patch cuts predominantly to carpetgrass and forested range to a mixture of forbs.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- Southern Pine Overstories Influence Herbage QualityJournal of Range Management, 1973
- Production and Persistence of Common Carpetgrass in Relation to Site and Harvest FrequencyJournal of Range Management, 1972
- Influences of Grazing and Fire on Vegetation and Soil of Longleaf Pine-Bluestem RangeJournal of Range Management, 1967