Ironically enough, I have been timbering a pine forest for an ecologically based project! The common goal for the master plan of the arboretum is to represent the different ecologies and plant communities of the Pearl River drainage basin. A few of the areas/exhibits already on site include the longleaf pine savanna, magnolia-beech upland, pitcher plant bog, and cypress hammock. I am developing the new exhibit which will be the gum pond. Once completed, the area will support a plant community that strives in semi-annual flooding events, which include dominant species of swamp tupelo and water tupelo. I have been hand clearing the slash pine, wax myrtle, and big-leaf galberry within the proposed area so that we can better analyze what is happening with the existing swamp tupelos.
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