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LONGLEAF PINE; SOUTHERN PINE (Pinus palustris, Mill.). 

 90 to 120 feet. Tall, slender tree forming loose, oblong head 

 of stout, twisted limbs. Bark reddish brown, with orange 

 tinge, deeply furrowed into scaly plates. Wood heavy, strong, 

 yellowish brown, durable, very hard, tough, best of all pine 

 lumber, used for heavy construction work of all kinds, for 

 interior finish and flooring, fuel and charcoal. Resin supplies 

 turpentine and other "naval stores." Leaves 8 to 18 inches 

 long, dark green, in crowded tufts on ends of branches, 3 in 

 each sheath of silvery, long scales, flexible, pendent, persis- 

 tent 2 years. Flowers profuse, purplish: staminate clusters 

 crowded near end of twig; pistillate 2 to 4 cones in short- 

 stalked clusters below growing tip, scales thin, broad. Fruits 

 tapering cones, slightly curved, 8 to 10 inches long, brown, the 

 scales set with small, reflexed prickles; seeds triangular, inch 

 long, with long wing and a prominent ridge. Dist.: Virginia 

 to Florida and Mississippi River in a belt 125 miles wide 

 skirting the coast. Isolated forests in Alabama, Louisiana, 

 and Texas. 



