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Longleaf Pine Restoration and the Art of Restraint in Modern Landscape Design

Essay • Longleaf Pine • Restoration & Design Longleaf, Reimagined An opinion piece from a student of horticulture—and a lover of design. Longleaf pine stand (Osceola National Forest, Florida). Image...

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The Enchanted Trees of the South

Woodlanders Botanicals · Ethnobotany · Southern Ecology The Enchanted Trees of the South A botanical history of belief, survival, and synthesis in North America—told in leaf, smoke, and root, with...

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Autumn Care for the Southeast’s Heirloom Woody Plants

There’s a certain sleight of hand in the Southeastern autumn. A kind of quiet alchemy, almost invisible if you only watch the trees from above ground. The leaves do their...

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