Why pine barrens restoration should favor barrens over pine

Agriculture & Biology

• pine barrens 100%
• shrublands 63%
• Quercus 54%
• Pinus 50%
• Pinus virginiana 38%
• thinning (plants) 25%
• coniferous forests 25%
• Quercus ilicifolia 22%
• shrubs 20%
• Pinus rigida 18%
• fire hazard 18%
• Great Lakes region 17%
• Northeastern United States 15%
• natural resource management 15%
• wildfires 15%
• New England region 15%
• coastal plains 14%
• prairies 13%
• savannas 11%
• plant communities 11%
• grasslands 10%
• fauna 9%
• biodiversity 9%
• canopy 9%
• vegetation 8%
• habitats 6%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• pine 50%
• scrub 28%
• shrubland 20%
• mosaic 11%
• shrub 10%
• rarity 7%
• savanna 6%
• coastal plain 6%
• wildfire 5%
• resource management 5%
• plant community 5%
• outcrop 5%
• canopy 4%
• fauna 4%
• biodiversity 4%
• young 4%
• habitat 3%
• vegetation 3%
• lake 3%