The Mullica River in the New Jersey Pine Barrens

Pine barrens, also known as "pine plains", "sand plains", "pinelands", "pine bush", and "pitch pine-scrub oak barrens", occur throughout the northeastern U.S. from New Jersey to Maine (see Atlantic coastal pine barrens) as well as the Midwest and Canada. Pine barrens are plant communities that occur on dry, acidic, infertile soils dominated by grasses, forbs, low shrubs, and scattered trees; most extensive barrens occur in large areas of sandy glacial deposits, including outwash plains, lakebeds, and outwash terraces along rivers. The most common trees are the Jack Pine, Red Pine, Pitch Pine, Blackjack Oak, and Scrub Oak; a scattering of larger Oaks is not unusual. The understory is composed of grasses, sedges, and forbs, many of them common in dry prairies. The people who live in the pines are often phrased as "pineys" which are decendants of hessian soilders from the reveloutionary war and also native americans. Plants of the heath family, such as blueberries and bearberry, and shrubs such as prairie willow and hazelnut are common. These species have adaptations that permit them to survive or regenerate well after fire. Pine barrens support a number of rare species, including lepidoptera such as the Karner Blue butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuelis) and the barrens buckmoth (Hemileuca maia), and plants such as the Sand-plain Gerardia (Agalinis acuta). This article is about the TV series. ... Pine Barrens is the 37th episode of the HBO original series, The Sopranos. ... Pine barrens exist in several locations in North America: Pine Barrens (New Jersey) Long Island Central Pine Barrens Rome Sand Plains in New York Kingston Pine Barrens in Rhode Island Ossipee Pine Barrens in New Hampshire Concord Pine Barrens in New Hampshire Plymouth Pinelands in Massachusetts Waterboro Barrens Preserve in... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1533 KB) Summary Mullica River in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1533 KB) Summary Mullica River in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. ... For the Bon Jovi album, see New Jersey (album) Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area  Ranked 47th  - Total 8,729 sq mi (22,608 km²)  - Width 70 miles (110 km)  - Length 150 miles (240 km)  - % water 14. ... For other Pine Barrens, see List of pine barrens; for a discussion of the ecotype, see pine barrens Lake Atsion in the Pine Barrens Map of the Pine Barrens The Pine Barrens, also known as the Pinelands, are a heavily forested area covering 1. ... For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... For the Bon Jovi album, see New Jersey (album) Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area  Ranked 47th  - Total 8,729 sq mi (22,608 km²)  - Width 70 miles (110 km)  - Length 150 miles (240 km)  - % water 14. ... Official language(s) None (English de facto; French is also an administrative language) Capital Augusta Largest city Portland Area  Ranked 39th  - Total 33,414 sq mi (86,542 km²)  - Width 210 miles (338 km)  - Length 320 miles (515 km)  - % water 13. ... The Atlantic coastal pine barrens is a temperate coniferous forests ecoregion of the northeastern United States. ... The Midwest is a common name for a region of the United States of America. ... Genera See: List of Poaceae genera The true grasses are monocot (class Liliopsida) plants of the family Poaceae (formerly Graminae). ... A forb is a non-woody flowering plant that is not a grass. ... hiii, This article is on plants. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Tree (disambiguation). ... This article is about glacial sediments, for other uses see till (disambiguation). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into sandur. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... For the Second World War frigate class, see River class frigate The Murray River in Australia A waterfall on the Ova da Fedoz, Switzerland A river is a large natural waterway. ... Binomial name Pinus banksiana Lamb. ... Binomial name Pinus resinosa The Red Pine (Pinus resinosa), is a North American pine, occurring from Newfoundland west to southeast Manitoba, and south to northern Illinois and Pennsylvania, with a small outlying population in the Appalachian Mountains in West Virginia. ... Binomial name Pinus rigida Mill. ... Binomial name Quercus marilandica Muenchh. ... // Genus Quercus Subgenus Quercus Typical oaks. ... Species See List of Quercus species The term oak can be used as part of the common name of any of several hundred species of trees and shrubs in the genus Quercus, and some related genera, notably Cyclobalanopsis and Lithocarpus. ... Understory (or understorey) is the term for the area of a forest which grows in the shade of the overstory or canopy. ... Genera See text The family Cyperaceae, or the Sedge family, is a taxon of monocot flowering plants that superficially resemble grasses or rushes. ... A prairie is an area of land of low topographic relief that principally supports grasses and herbs, with few trees, and is generally of a mesic (moderate or temperate) climate. ... Genera See text The plant Family Ericaceae (Heath Family) or ericaceous plants are mostly lime-hating or calcifuge plants that thrive in acid soils. ... For other uses, see Blueberry (disambiguation). ... {{Taxobox this plant is sooo ugly it shoud be killed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ... Binomial name Corylus avellana L. The Common Hazel (Corylus avellana) is a shrub native to Europe and Asia. ... Superfamilies Butterflies Hesperioidea Papilionoidea Moths Acanthopteroctetoidea Alucitoidea Axioidea Bombycoidea Calliduloidea Choreutoidea Cossoidea Drepanoidea Epermenioidea Eriocranioidea Galacticoidea Gelechioidea Geometroidea Gracillarioidea Hedyloidea Hepialoidea Heterobathmioidea Hyblaeoidea Immoidea Incurvarioidea Lasiocampoidea Lophocoronoidea Micropterigoidea Mimallonoidea Mnesarchaeoidea Neopseustoidea Nepticuloidea Noctuoidea Palaephatoidea Pterophoroidea Pyraloidea Schreckensteinioidea Sesioidea Simaethistoidea Thyridoidea Tineoidea Tischerioidea Tortricoidea Urodoidea Whalleyanoidea Yponomeutoidea Zygaenoidea The order Lepidoptera... The Karner Blue, Lycaeides melissa samuelis, is a small, blue butterfly found in small areas of New Jersey, the Great Lakes region, and eastern upstate New York. ...

Barrens are dependent on fire to prevent invasion by woody species. In the absence of fire, barrens will proceed through successional stages from savanna to closed-canopy forest. Open barrens are now rare and imperiled globally, as suppression of wildfires has allowed woody vegetation to take over in most one-time barrens. In North America, barrens exist primarily in the Midwest and along the east coast. Secondary succession: trees are colonizing uncultivated fields and meadows. ... Savanna at Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania. ... Temperate rainforest on Northern Slopes of the Alborz mountain ranges, Iran A dense growth of softwoods (a conifer forest) in the Sierra Nevada Range of Northern California A decidous broadleaf (Beech) forest in Slovenia. ... Bitterroot National Forest wildfire A wildfire, also known as a wildland fire, forest fire, vegetation fire, grass fire, brush fire, peat fire (gambut in Indonesia), bushfire (in Australasia), or hill fire, is an uncontrolled fire often occurring in wildland areas, but which can also consume houses or agricultural resources. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... The Midwest is a common name for a region of the United States of America. ...

In 1968, John McPhee published a book, entitled The Pine Barrens, exploring the history, ecology and geography of the New Jersey Pine Barrens, infused with his own personal memoirs. John McPhee is widely recognized for his writing on geology. ...

See also

List of pine barrens Pine barrens exist in several locations in North America: Pine Barrens (New Jersey) Long Island Central Pine Barrens Rome Sand Plains in New York Kingston Pine Barrens in Rhode Island Ossipee Pine Barrens in New Hampshire Concord Pine Barrens in New Hampshire Plymouth Pinelands in Massachusetts Waterboro Barrens Preserve in...

Sources

• Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
• Map of Northeastern Pitch Pine Barrens
• Pine Barrens in Rhode Island
• Historic and prehistoric changes in the Rome, New York pine barrens. In Northeastern Naturalist, 1999, by Frank E Kurczewski
• The pine barrens john mcphee (1968)