Fig. 1From: A tree-ring record of historical fire activity in a piedmont longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) woodland in North Carolina, USAStudy area at the Nichols Preserve in the piedmont of North Carolina. The inset map shows the historical distribution of longleaf pine and the location of the Nichols Preserve along the interior edge of the distribution. The Piedmont Physiographic Region is also shown. We sampled 14 dead trees (stumps and snags) of which 11 included fire scars that provided evidence of past fire activity at the site. Data were collected in 2019–2021Back to article page