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  2. Pinus rigida - Wikipedia

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    Pinus rigida, the pitch pine, [2] [3] is a small-to-medium-sized pine. It is native to eastern North America , primarily from central Maine south to Georgia and as far west as Kentucky. It is found in environments which other species would find unsuitable for growth, such as acidic, sandy, and low-nutrient soils.

  3. Pinus taeda - Wikipedia

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    For its timber, the pine species is regarded as the most commercially important tree in the Southeastern U.S. [5] [6] [7] The common name loblolly is given because the pine species is found mostly in lowlands and swampy areas. [8] Loblolly pine is the first among over 100 species of Pinus to have its complete genome sequenced. As of March 2014 ...

  4. List of inventoried conifers in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Pinus ponderosa (ponderosa pine) Can reach more than 70 m (230 ft) in height. It is a widely distributed tree in western North America, and one of the main sources of timber, with a relatively fast growth rate. Uses: timber; landscaping, posts, pulpwood, terpenes, veneers [94] [95] —

  5. Longleaf pine - Wikipedia

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    Old growth longleaf pine stand, scorched by fire (top); longleaf pine stand after timber removal (bottom) Before European settlement, longleaf pine forest dominated as much as 90,000,000 acres (360,000 km 2) stretching from Virginia south to Florida and west to East Texas. Its range was defined by the frequent widespread fires that were lit by ...

  6. History of the lumber industry in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Act of 1704 encouraged the import of naval stores form New England, offering £4 per ton of tar or pitch, £3 per ton of resin of turpentine, and £1 per ton of masts and bowsprits (40 cubic feet). The Act of 1705 forbade the cutting of unfenced or small pitch pine and tar trees with a diameter less than twelve inches.

  7. Piney Woods - Wikipedia

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    The Piney Woods is a temperate coniferous forest terrestrial ecoregion in the Southern United States covering 54,400 square miles (141,000 km 2) of East Texas, southern Arkansas, western Louisiana, and southeastern Oklahoma.

  8. Lost Pines Forest - Wikipedia

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    The Lost Pines Forest is a 13-mile (21 km) belt of loblolly pines (Pinus taeda) in the U.S. state of Texas, near the town of Bastrop.The stand of pines is unique in Texas because it is a disjunct population of trees that is more than 100 miles (160 km) separated from, and yet closely genetically related to, the vast expanse of pine trees of the Piney Woods region that covers parts of Texas ...

  9. Pinus echinata - Wikipedia

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    Shortleaf pine seedlings develop a persistent J-shaped crook near the ground surface. [4] Axillary and other buds form near the crook and initiate growth if the upper stem is killed by fire or is severed. [5] The bark has resin pockets (sometimes called pitch patches), which form small depressions, less than 1 millimetre (1 ⁄ 32 in) in