About Hill Forest


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TREES


Forest types in the Forest are about evenly divided between pine and hardwoods, with Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda) being most prevalent comprising about 45% of the acreage. This is largely the result of planting that began in the 1930s on abandoned farmlands. Various upland and bottomland hardwood mixtures cover another 39% of the forest consisting of oaks (Quercus spp.) and Tulip Poplar/Sweetgum (Liriodendron tulipifera/Liquidambar styraciflua) being the most identifiable forest types. But the large majority of the forest includes a wide range of species without dominance by any single species.

Hardwood species cataloged in a 1968 survey of 20 sites in Hill Forest, when it comprised 1,250 acres (compared to today's 2,450):

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