Ep. 445 - Mountain Longleaf
In Defense of Plants Podcast
In Defense of Plants
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🗓️ 29 October 2023
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) is a remarkable species that defines much of the Southeastern Coastal Plain of North America. However, this species isn't restricted to coastal habitats. In a small portion of its range, longleaf pines make it into more mountainous habitats. So-called mountain longleaf pines represent an increasingly rare habitat type and understanding how to restore them is vital for all the species these forests support. Join me and Dr. Matt Weand as we look at the science behind mountain longleaf restoration efforts. This episode was produced in part by Stephen, Heidi, Kristin, Luke, Sea, Shannon, Thomas, Will, Jamie, Waverly, Brent, Tanner, Rick, Kazys, Dorothy, Katherine, Emily, Theo, Nichole, Paul, Karen, Randi, Caelan, Tom, Don, Susan, Corbin, Keena, Robin, Peter, Whitney, Kenned, Margaret, Daniel, Karen, David, Earl, Jocelyn, Gary, Krysta, Elizabeth, Southern California Carnivorous Plant Enthusiasts, Pattypollinators, Peter, Judson, Ella, Alex, Dan, Pamela, Peter, Andrea, Nathan, Karyn, Michelle, Jillian, Chellie, Linda, Laura, Miz Holly, Christie, Carlos, Paleo Fern, Levi, Sylvia, Lanny, Ben, Lily, Craig, Sarah, Lor, Monika, Brandon, Jeremy, Suzanne, Kristina, Christine, Silas, Michael, Aristia, Felicidad, Lauren, Danielle, Allie, Jeffrey, Amanda, Tommy, Marcel, C Leigh, Karma, Shelby, Christopher, Alvin, Arek, Chellie, Dani, Paul, Dani, Tara, Elly, Colleen, Natalie, Nathan, Ario, Laura, Cari, Margaret, Mary, Connor, Nathan, Jan, Jerome, Brian, Azomonas, Ellie, University Greens, Joseph, Melody, Patricia, Matthew, Garrett, John, Ashley, Cathrine, Melvin, OrangeJulian, Porter, Jules, Griff, Joan, Megan, Marabeth, Les, Ali, Southside Plants, Keiko, Robert, Bryce, Wilma, Amanda, Helen, Mikey, Michelle, German, Joerg, Cathy, Tate, Steve, Kae, Carole, Mr. Keith Santner, Lynn, Aaron, Sara, Kenned, Brett, Jocelyn, Ethan, Sheryl, Runaway Goldfish, Ryan, Chris, Alana, Rachel, Joanna, Lori, Paul, Griff, Matthew, Bobby, Vaibhav, Steven, Joseph, Brandon, Liam, Hall, Jared, Brandon, Christina, Carly, Kazys, Stephen, Katherine, Mohsin Kazmi Takes Pictures, Manny, doeg, Daniel, Tim, Philip, Tim, Lisa, Brodie, Bendix, Irene, holly, Sara, and Margie.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to the In Defense of Plants podcast, the official podcast of |
| 0:04.0 | In Defense of Plants.com. What's up? This is your host Matt. Welcome to the show. |
| 0:07.5 | How is everyone doing this week? How many of you with a show of hands have been around |
| 0:12.9 | long leave pines before? If you have, you're probably like me and most of it has been spent |
| 0:17.7 | on the coastal plain where they grow in these sort of sandy, wire grass, |
| 0:22.4 | salt palm, metal, dominated understories, but these wonderful tall, straight, |
| 0:26.4 | beanpole, telephone pole, whatever you want to call it, stands just stunning imagery that really |
| 0:30.8 | to me defines the coastal plain forests. Well, today we are talking to someone that studies mountain |
| 0:35.9 | long leave. I'll leave the debates on taxonomy to someone else or another episode perhaps, |
| 0:40.8 | but mountain long leave is a really unique subset or community of long leave pines that makes |
| 0:46.8 | its way up into sort of, mountain areas of Alabama and Georgia. It is also some of the rarest |
| 0:52.8 | long leave ecosystems you're going to find in North America. And trying to figure out how to |
| 0:57.1 | restore that is a really important question because a lot of great species occur in mountain |
| 1:01.4 | long leave systems. Joining us to talk about this is Dr. Matt Wiend. As you're going to hear, |
| 1:06.4 | he is a very busy person asking a lot of different questions, but through collaboration and the |
| 1:11.3 | effort of many different grad students and stakeholders, they're trying to figure out what works and |
| 1:16.0 | what doesn't work when it comes to restoring ecosystems like the mountain long leave forests. |
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| 1:35.0 | but it goes many, many miles in helping keep the show up and running. And I think everyone that |
| 1:39.2 | supported it so far. But that is entirely enough out of me. Let's get into it because this is |
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