Clemson Extension Forestry and Wildlife

Pine Straw: Considerations for Production on Your Land

Pine straw box baler. Photo Credit: Ryan Bean, Clemson Extension

With spring weather and homeowners turning their focus to outdoor projects, pine straw sales are beginning to pick up quickly. Pine straw has become a favored mulch on residential and commercial sites. The qualities that make pine straw an essential part of a woodland ecosystem, such as moisture-holding capacity, protection for roots against temperature extremes, […]

Bleeding Orange …… Fusiform Rust

Fusiform Rust on main stem and limb of loblolly pine. Photo Credit: Jaime Pohlman, Clemson Extension.

Springtime usually holds much anticipation for the forest landowner as the outdoors wakes up once again. Usually, we are thrilled with nature’s beauty of dogwoods flowering under pine savannahs and wild azaleas blooming in hardwood river bottoms. Then, suddenly, our attention shifts toward our pines and the large swollen area of its trunk that has […]

Differentiating Between Loblolly, Longleaf, and Other Southern Pines in the Woods

Loblolly Pine. Photo Credit: A.C. Moore Herbarium, University of South Carolina.

Traveling throughout South Carolina, there is no question you will encounter pine trees. Depending on the region of the state you are traveling through, you may be seeing several different species. Still, no matter where you find yourself, once you step out into the woods, you most certainly will find there are more species present […]