Growing up in the pine belt of southern Mississippi, Chuck Hemard would explore the longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) forest adjacent to his neighborhood, but it wouldn’t be until 2010 that the ...

That tree is the longleaf pine. Once we carefully observe the needles of this tree, we understand why it is called longleaf. The needles come in clusters of three and can grow up to 18 inches long.

Longleaf pine is more resistant than other species to the fierce storms, droughts, and pest infestations that will become more common with global warming, the group says.

Longleaf pine was once the dominant tree in the Southeast. It is estimated that it occupied 90 million acres. The seemingly endless forest shaped the recent culture of the Southeast.

As the South developed, Bowman-Cutaway says that the longleaf pine population decreased, since it was very useful in construction and development. As a slow-growing tree, most of the trees were ...

The longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) is an evergreen tree species, notable for its exceptionally long needle length, as much as 6-12 inches long. This is about twice as long as the typical needle ...

The drive to revive the longleaf pine—the state tree of Alabama—is occurring across a nine-state region that is losing forest faster than any other part of the country.

The longleaf pine is an iconic tree species in North Carolina. It once covered 90 million acres across the Southeastern U.S. But today, less than 5 million acres remain.

In response to the story “Catawba College students help restore Piedmont longleaf pine”: It was reported that the official state tree of North Carolina is the longleaf pine, while the official ...

A 1-year-old longleaf pine tree. For every bale of longleaf pine straw mulch sold by Mid-Atlantic Pine Straw Mulch in Chester County, the company donates one seedling to the Longleaf Alliance.