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A reorganization of the department occurred in 1935 and it was also renamed the George Foster Peabody School of Forestry. Another name change occurred in 1968 to the School of Forest Resources, and in 1991 to the Daniel B. Warnell School of Forest Resources. The Georgia Board of Regents approved the change to its current name in 2006.
When deeded, the forest was a late-secondary Piedmont oak-hickory forest, dominated by Quercus, Carya, Liriodendron, and Fagus. Since 1980 more than 100 species have been added to the 80 native species already present. Today the forest includes about 90% of Georgia's native trees, and a major pinetum with more than 100 conifer species.
This is a list of Georgia state forests. In the state of Georgia, all state forests are managed by the Georgia Forestry Commission. All state forests are operated under a multiple-use Forest Stewardship management plan. This takes into account the wood product, wildlife, recreational, soil, aesthetic, historical, and cultural resources of the ...
Georgia Perimeter College: Decatur: Georgia Southern Botanical Garden: Georgia Southern University: Statesboro: Fred Hamilton Rhododendron Garden: Hiawassee: Lockerly Arboretum: Milledgeville: Massee Lane Gardens: Fort Valley: State Botanical Garden of Georgia: University of Georgia: Athens: Thompson Mills Forest: Braselton: University of ...
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The Southern coastal plain oak dome and hammock is a forest type occurring in small patches in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. These forests consist of thick stands of evergreen oaks on shallow depressions or slight hills. They are distinct from their surrounding habitats, which are often woodlands dominated by longleaf pine. [1]
Bartram Forest Wildlife Management Area [1] (formerly known as Bartram Educational Forest and as Bartram State Forest [2]) is a 2,113-acre (9 km 2) state land tract in Baldwin County and Wilkinson County, Georgia, United States. [3] The forest was named in honor of naturalists John Bartram (1699-1777) and his son William Bartram (1739-1823). [4]
Dixon Memorial State Forest is a state forest in Brantley and Ware counties, located 10 miles southeast of Waycross, Georgia bordered by the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge to the south. The forest is approximately 35,000 acres and is the largest state forest owned and managed by the Georgia Forestry Commission .