Pictures by John S. Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 11 September 2011.
I had to forage far to find this example of Chamaecrista fasciculata aka Cassia fasciculata! Oops, you didn’t see this, did you? Continue reading
Pictures by John S. Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 11 September 2011.
I had to forage far to find this example of Chamaecrista fasciculata aka Cassia fasciculata! Oops, you didn’t see this, did you? Continue reading
Chamaecrista fasciculata, showy partridge pea, planted as part of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) that includes along with longleaf pine trees some Native Warm Season Grasses (NWSG) and partridge pea.
Little bluestem, partridge pea, and longleaf: Continue reading
However, CRP payments typically only last 10 years and not more than 15 years, and such trees usually eventually get cut for sawtimber or pulpwood. Now that’s better than cotton: much less pollution involved and far more carbon sequestered.
But even better would be to treat such replanting as real reforestration and sell carbon sequestration rights for such forests. Like what is being planned in Florida: Continue reading