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Longleaf, Far as the Eye Can See
Finch, Bill; Young, Beth Maynor; Johnson, Rhett; Hall, John C.
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Description for Longleaf, Far as the Eye Can See
Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AGN; AJC; RNK; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 305 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1442.
Longleaf forests once covered 92 million acres from Texas to Maryland to Florida. These grand old-growth pines were the ""alpha tree"" of the largest forest ecosystem in North America and have come to define the southern forest. But logging, suppression of fire, deliberate destruction by landowners, and a complex web of other factors reduced those forests so that longleaf is now found only on 3 million acres. Fortunately, the stately tree is enjoying a resurgence of interest, and longleaf forests are once again spreading across the South. Blending a compelling narrative by writers Bill Finch, Rhett Johnson, and John C. ... Read more
Longleaf forests once covered 92 million acres from Texas to Maryland to Florida. These grand old-growth pines were the ""alpha tree"" of the largest forest ecosystem in North America and have come to define the southern forest. But logging, suppression of fire, deliberate destruction by landowners, and a complex web of other factors reduced those forests so that longleaf is now found only on 3 million acres. Fortunately, the stately tree is enjoying a resurgence of interest, and longleaf forests are once again spreading across the South. Blending a compelling narrative by writers Bill Finch, Rhett Johnson, and John C. ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807835753
SKU
V9780807835753
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About Finch, Bill; Young, Beth Maynor; Johnson, Rhett; Hall, John C.
Bill Finch is senior fellow at the Ocean Foundation and executive director of the Mobile Botanical Gardens.||Beth Maynor Young is a conservation photographer.|Rhett Johnson is cofounder and president of the Longleaf Alliance, Inc.|John C. Hall is curator of the Black Belt Museum at the University of West Alabama
Reviews for Longleaf, Far as the Eye Can See
The longleaf pine, presiding over the biologically richest region of North America, is well served by this beautifully written book.
E. O. Wilson, from the Foreword|""A well-written, stylish coffee-table book on longleaf pine. Beth Maynor Young's photographs highlight the visual loveliness of the longleaf ecosystem.""
Lawrence Earley, author of Looking for Longleaf: The Fall and Rise of an American Forest
E. O. Wilson, from the Foreword|""A well-written, stylish coffee-table book on longleaf pine. Beth Maynor Young's photographs highlight the visual loveliness of the longleaf ecosystem.""
Lawrence Earley, author of Looking for Longleaf: The Fall and Rise of an American Forest