{"slug":"sc-forestry-commission-seedlings","name":"Forest tree seedlings at Forestry Commission prices","provider":{"name":"South Carolina Forestry Commission with ArborGen","type":"state"},"organization":null,"country":"US","region":"SC","locality":null,"scope":"regional","audience":["landowner","farmer"],"kind":"discounted_trees","benefit":"Loblolly pine from $73.20 per 1,000, containerized longleaf at $222.79 per 1,000 and 20-plus hardwoods from $390.41 per 1,000 at a negotiated Forestry Commission discount","summary":"The South Carolina Forestry Commission has negotiated an option for South Carolina landowners to buy forest tree seedlings grown by ArborGen at preferential prices. Bareroot loblolly pine is $73.20 (Select) or $82.75 (Elite) per 1,000 with a 1,000 minimum; unimproved containerized longleaf is $222.79 per 1,000 with a 250 minimum; hardwoods (cherrybark, pin, sawtooth, Shumard, southern red, water and willow oak and sweetgum at $390.41; chinkapin, laurel, live, northern red, post and white oak, bald cypress, pecan and persimmon at $427.54; overcup oak $461.49; Nuttall oak, swamp white oak and water hickory $500.74; swamp chestnut oak $610.02 per 1,000) have a 250 minimum per species.","eligibility":"Offered to South Carolina landowners; the page does not define 'landowner' or set an acreage requirement. Minimum orders are 1,000 loblolly or 250 of each other species.","how_to_apply":"Order by phone at (800) 222-1290, say you want the Forestry Commission discount, and arrange pickup or shipping with the nursery. No online ordering is described.","url":"https://www.scfc.gov/management/seedlings/","source_url":"https://www.scfc.gov/management/seedlings/","season":null,"program_status":"active","lat":null,"lng":null,"data_note":"The seedlings page describes stock grown by ArborGen under a Commission-negotiated option and does not mention the Commission's own Taylor Nursery. Ordering dates, planting season, shipping fees and current availability are not stated on the page; a separate 'seedling availability' link returned an error.","updated_at":"2026-11-08T00:48:15.030Z","page_url":"https://treerm.org/residents/programs/sc-forestry-commission-seedlings","markdown_url":"https://treerm.org/residents/programs/sc-forestry-commission-seedlings.md","license":"CC-BY-4.0"}