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The Pine Belt, also known as the Piney Woods, is a region in Southeast Mississippi. The region gets its name from the longleaf pine trees that are abundant in the region. [1] The Pine Belt includes 9 counties: Covington, Forrest, Greene, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Marion, Perry, and Wayne. [2]
Tree City USA sign in Wakefield, Massachusetts. There are more than 3,400 Tree Cities USA. The following is a partial listing of Tree Cities USA. [1] To be a Tree City, the community must meet four standards set by the National Arbor Day Foundation and the National Association of State Foresters: The community must have a tree board or department.
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Mississippi that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design. [1] [2] [3]
Many of Mississippi's prized magnolia trees were killed by drought. ... roughly 12.5 million pine trees have died in Mississippi and have forced ... A magnolia tree on the west side of Jackson ...
De Soto National Forest, named for 16th-century Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto, is 518,587 acres (810 sq mi; 2,099 km 2) of pine forests in southern Mississippi. It is one of the most important protected areas for the biological diversity of the Gulf Coast ecoregion of North America.
Christmas tree cultivation is an agricultural, forestry, and horticultural occupation which involves growing pine, spruce, and fir trees specifically for use as Christmas trees. The first Christmas tree farm was established in 1901, but most consumers continued to obtain their trees from forests until the 1930s and 1940s. Christmas tree farming ...
A pondside iris at Crosby Arboretum. The Crosby Arboretum is located in Picayune, Mississippi, United States, and is affiliated with Mississippi State University. [1] It contains 64 acres (259,000 m 2) in its interpretive center, plus over 700 acres (2.8 km 2) in seven additional natural areas, sheltering over 300 species of indigenous trees and shrubs.
Many Mississippi River towns formed in the 19th century. Pulp and paper mills, chemical plants, coal operations and the metals industry grew up along the massive river that provided a cheap and ...