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Pinus taeda Linnaeus

Common names: loblolly pine, old field pine, short leaf pine.
Family: Pinaceae.

Brief description: Loblolly Pine apparently takes its odd common name from a local word in North Carolina that means "pocket or depression"--a place where natural stands of this species occur. However, the tree has been widely planted throughout the Piedmont and Coastal Plain and is a very important tree to the logging industry. This species also colonizes or invades old farm fields after the farmers stop cultivating them. The needles occur in bunches of 3.

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Live specimen images:

• Branchlet with needles • Close-up of needles • Close-up of buds • Pollen cones • Branchlet with seed cone • Seed cones •

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