Native Zero. A circle of sand dotted with lobloly pinecones encloses fall colored leaves from native hardwoods along Bald Rock. (Note the image of a face within the leaves just right of center). Like most eastern national forests, the Talladega's native forests are in constant danger of being converted to fast growing pine plantations. Only 3% of Alabama is National Forest and of that only a tiny, tiny fragment is old growth. However, much of this states national forest land is reaching maturity as native second growth. To get involved in protecting Alabama's public forests