LONGLEAF PINE 



(Pinus Palusiris) 



LONGLEAF is generally considered to be the most important member 

 of the group of hard or pitch pines in this country*. It is known 

 by many names in different parts of its range, and outside of its 

 range where the wood is well known. 



The names southern pine, Georgia pine, and Florida pine are not 

 well chosen, because there are other important pines in the regions 

 named. Turpentine pine is a common term, but other species produce 

 turpentine also, particularly the Cuban pine. Hard pine is much 

 employed in reference to this tree, and it applies well, but it describes 

 other species also. Heart pine is a lumberman's term to distinguish 

 this species from loblolly, shortleaf , and Cuban pines. The sapwood 

 of the three last named is thick, the heartwood small, while in longleaf 

 pine the sap is thin, the heart large, hence the name applied by lumber- 

 men. In Tennessee where it is not a commercial forest tree, it is called 

 brown pine, and in nearly all parts of the United States it is spoken of as 

 yellow pine, usually with some adjective as "southern," "Georgia," or 

 "longleaf." The persistency with which Georgia is used as a portion of 

 the name of this tree is due to the fact that extensive lumbering of the 

 longleaf forests began in that state. The center of operations has since 

 shifted to the West, and is now in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. The 

 tree has many other names, among them being pitch pine and fat pine. 

 These have reference to its value in the naval stores industry. The name 

 longleaf pine is now well established in commercial transactions. It 

 has longer leaves than any other pine in this country. They range in 

 length from eight to eighteen inches. The needles of Cuban pine are 

 from eight to twelve inches; loblolly's are from six to nine; and those 

 of shortleaf from three to five. 



Longleaf pine's geographic range is more restricted than that of 



*There is no precise agreement as to what should be included in the group of 

 hard pines in the United States, but the following twenty-two are usually placed in 

 that class: Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris), Shortleaf Pine (Pinus echinata), Loblolly 

 Pine (Pinus tada), Cuban Pine (Pinus heterophylla) , Norway Pine (Pinus resinosa), 

 Western Yellow Pine (Pinus ponder osa), Chihuahua Pine (Pinus chihuahuana) , 

 Arizona Pine (Pinus arizonica), Pitch Pine (Pinus rigida), Pond Pine (Pinus 

 serotina), Spruce Pine (Pinus glabrd), Monterey Pine (Pinus radiaia), Knobcone 

 Pine (Pinus attenuata), Gray Pine (Pinus sabiniana), Coulter Pine (Pinus coulteri), 

 Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta), Jack Pine (Pinus divaricata), Scrub Pine 

 (Pinus virginiana), Sand Pine (Pinus clausa), Table Mountain Pine (Pinus pungens) 

 California Swamp Pine (Pinus muricatd), Torry Pine (Pinus torreyana.) 



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