South Carolina forests

Abstract

South Carolina forests are a diverse mosaic of softwood and hardwood forests, growing across a varied landscape that starts at the Atlantic Ocean and climbs to the Appalachian mountains. Our forestland acreage has remained relatively stable since early last century. However, the production of our forests has grown over the same time period, thanks in part to improving forest management and the establishment of plantation pine stands, which provide raw material to an ever-growing forest industry.