Taproots Journal
Stories, Historical Research, and Oral Histories from the American South
By Rob Shapard, PhD
Exploring the roots of Our relationships with one another in the american south, and with the land, water, animals, plants, and the Rest of life on earth.
A Recent Taproots Story:
What do pine warblers and pitcher plants, gopher tortoises and toothache grass, blue stems and black bears, red-cockaded woodpeckers and rose pogonias have in common? They all help to form the longleaf pine ecosystem. If this southern pine species and rich ecosystem have ever piqued your interest and you want to learn more of the story, a new book, The Forest that Fire Made, offers an excellent introduction. Carol Denhof, a co-author of the book and president of the Longleaf Alliance, talked with me about the book for my Tell You What blog.
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