De Soto National Forest
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De Soto National Forest, named for 16th-century Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto, is 518,587 acres of pine forests in southern Mississippi. It is one of the most important protected areas for the
View of a pine forest in De Soto National Forest, Stone County, Mississippi
Sign at Buttercup Flats
De Soto National Forest Ranger District Office in Wiggins, Mississippi
Tuxachanie Hiking Trail Sign
Flatwoods
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Flatwoods, pineywoods, pine savannas and longleaf pine–wiregrass ecosystem are terms that refer to an ecological community in the southeastern coastal plain of North America. Flatwoods are an ecosyste
De Soto National Forest
…the biological diversity of the Gulf Coast ecoregion of North America. It is a nationally important site for protection of longleaf pine savannas, pine flatwoods, and longleaf pine forests. More than 90 percent of this ecosystem type has been lost in the United States. The wet pine savannas support rare and…
Flatwoods Community at Austin Cary Forest, near Gainesville, Florida
Flatwood with flowering pitcher plants in foreground