Eastern Redcedar and Climate Change in Oklahoma’s Cross Timbers Forests
By Ryan D. DeSantis, Sydny R. Hager, John R. Weir and R. James Ansley. Learn about how the Cross Timbers ecoregion includes much of Oklahoma's oak forests. These forests have changed considerably over the last century. Among other changes, more eastern redcedar means changes to forest composition, and changes to fire behavior. Managing eastern redcedar is important for land owners and land managers, but efficiency substantially increases when eastern redcedar is removed when small. Drought and eastern redcedar tree size have implications for fire behavior. Active management of multiple-use forested properties with eastern redcedar is important.
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