An old growth longleaf pine savanna (Wade Tract).

 

A longleaf pine seedling (Wade Tract).

 

  

Longleaf pine recruitment occurs in patches, similar to gap dynamics in forests (Wade Tract).

 

The lingering effects of past human disturbance.  A former road, now closed off, provided a seed bed for pines and a wall of saplings now grows down the middle of it.  (Wade Tract).