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

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  Virginia Tech M.S. student Brett Heim uses a LI-COR 6200 to measure soil respiration underneath a throughfall exclusion structure at the Virginia Tier III site. Photo courtesy of John Seiler.

  
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  Tier III throughfall exclusion and fertilization site in Taylor County, Florida. Photo courtesy of Jessica Ireland.

  
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  PINEMAP researchers and students participate in a field day at the Tier III throughfall exclusion x fertilization site in Taylor County, Florida. Photo courtesy of Jessica Ireland.

  
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  PINEMAP team members pose for a photo during the 2013 annual meeting field tour at the Tier III throughfall exclusion x fertilization site in Taliaferro County, GA.

  
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  Leaf level gas exchange being measured on clonal loblolly pine at the cross carbon site installed by the U.S. Forest Service and Meadwestvaco. Photo Courtesy of John Seiler.

  
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  Throughfall exclusion structures visible in a November 2012 Google Earth image of the Tier III site in McCurtain County, Oklahoma.

  
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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.

  

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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