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 Date: 2009-05-05 10:59:14Systems ecology Pinus palustris Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge Red-cockaded Woodpecker Gopher tortoise Old-growth forest Savanna Forest Blackwater River State Forest Flora of the United States Biogeography Ecosystems |
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Connection to the Past Over 92 million acres of longleaf pine originally covered the southeastern United States. This vast pre-settlement forest stretched from Virginia to Texas, containing trees up to 500 years in age.