Mapping the future of southern pine management in a changing world.

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  Jill Qi and Aaron Joslin collect soil samples at the PINEMAP Tier III site in Taliaferro County, GA. Photo by Madison Akers.

  
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  The green shaded area in this map depicts the native range of loblolly pine; blue tags show collaborating institutions and yellow circles show locations of manipulative field experiments to examine the interaction of soil nutrient and water availability. Remote sensing image courtesy Google Earth; range map courtesy USDA Forest Service.

  
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  Leaf level gas exchange being measured with a Li-Cor 6400 portable photosynthesis sytem. Photo courtesy of John Seiler.

  
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  PINEMAP field researchers Geoffrey Lokuta and Joshua Cucinella use a LI-COR LI-8100A instrument to measure soil respiration at the PINEMAP Tier III site in Taylor County, FL. Photo courtesy of Jessica Ireland.

  
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  Throughfall exclusion structures at the PINEMAP Tier III site in Taylor County, FL. Photo by Geoff Lokuta.

  
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  Loblolly pine foliage and cone. Photo courtesy of John Seiler.

  
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  Throughfall exclusion structures at the Tier III site in Taliaferro County, Georgia. Photo courtesy of Madison Akers.

  

PINEMAP Collaborators

Universities

University of Florida | Alcorn State University | University of Georgia | Auburn University | Mississippi State University | North Carolina A & T University | North Carolina State University |
Oklahoma State University | Texas A & M University | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Virginia State University

University-Corporate-Governmental Research Cooperatives

Cooperative Forest Genetics Research Program | Cooperative Tree Improvement Program | Forest Biology Research Cooperative | Forest Modeling Research Cooperative |
Forest Productivity Cooperative | Plantation Management Research Cooperative | Southern Forest Resource Assessment Consortium | Western Gulf Forest Tree Improvement Program

Other

U.S. Forest Service | Southern Regional Extension Forestry | Southeast Climate Consortium | Additional Supporters

The Pine Integrated Network: Education, Mitigation, and Adaptation project (PINEMAP) is a Coordinated Agricultural Project funded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Award #2011-68002-30185.

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• May 09, 2026
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