Fast-growing Loblolly Pine can reach a height of 160 feet with a spread of 30 to 60 feet in diameter. The limber straight trunk can reach up to 5 feet in diameter.
Cones open 2.5 inches wide to release seeds, which are dispersed by the wind, rain and wildlife. Cones may persist on the tree for several years.
Jane Weber/Special to the Chronicle
Cones of Loblolly Pines are 3 to 6 inches long.
Jane Weber/Special to the Chronicle
Fast-growing Loblolly Pine can reach a height of 160 feet with a spread of 30 to 60 feet in diameter. The limber straight trunk can reach up to 5 feet in diameter.
Four major southern pines dominate the softwood timber industry in the Southeastern U.S. on the Southeastern Coastal Plain and Piedmont inland foothills. They range from eastern Texas and Oklahoma, east to Florida and north to Delaware and southern New Jersey. The most important southern pine is Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda), with over 50 percent of commercial softwood production. Shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata), Slash Pine (Pinus elliottii) and Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) make up much of rest of the lumber and pulp and paper industries in the Southeast.
Six minor southern pine species are Sand Pine (P. clausa), Spruce Pine (P. glabra), Table Mountain Pine (P. pungens), Southern Pine or Pitch Pine (Pinus rigida), Pond Pine (P. serotina), and Virginia Pine (P. virginiana). Minor pines are generally harvested with major pines and can cross pollinate with the dominant pines. The Ocala National Forest has the largest stand of endemic Sand Pine in the world.
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