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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
• Contact: Tom Waldrop, Southern Research Station
• 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