The Long Leaf Pine

[UNCLEBUCK]

Hey I really have a good grasp on this long leaf now , it really looks like a beautiful tree .  Never seen one ,only in pictures . Thanks for the pictures  ;D

[sprucebunny]

I really hope that some of you folks in the south will post some pictures of mature longleaf pine and maybe talk a little about how they differ from the other species ???

[woodbowl]

Like this SB?  Today I stuck my tape measure on to the end of a southern yellow heart pine and snaped this picture.

[Tom]

Were you able to get it off?   :D

[sprucebunny]

Sticky things :D I still have sap on my jeans after washing !!!

I was hoping for pictures of standing, mature trees. I think someone told me that Longleaf has a more "random" branch pattern than slash or loblolly .

[GareyD]

This isn't a picture of a standing longleaf pine....but it took a mature tree to make it :D :D

My favorite part of the longleaf is the cone....it ain't nearly as sticky ;)

[Tom]

That Green thing laying under it ain't part of the cone.  It's a Yankee Dollar.   I know!  I had one one time.  :D


Spruce Bunny,

Long Leaf is so efficiant at self pruning that it generally looks like a bunch of columns standing in the forest.  The branches are a small round crown at the top and the tufts of long needles are located at the ends of the branches.  This makes a tree that looks almost arificial from a distance and you can see right througn the open crown.   The tufts make it look almost like a Japanese art creation and the top of the crown as well as the tops of the limbs begin to flatten as the tree ages.

Trees growing alone in an opening will sometimes develop into a "wolf" tree.  It will be short trunked, heavy limbed and heavy of limb as well.  It will still retain its openess but is not much good for lumber.  They are best removed to open up the ground for better formed trees.  Several trees of good form can be grown in the same space taken up by the "wolf".

Yes, I'm sure we can find some pictures.  I'll make it a point of getting some soon.

[SwampDonkey]

We call them cow shades up north (a pasture grown), only they are typically open grown white spruce. ;D

[J.Hercules]

I stopped by the farm and took these pictures this morning of a 95 year old stand of Long Leaf Pine and some of their off spring.

                                                       
15 yrs old
       

                                                     
This tree is about 35 yr old.

[SwampDonkey]

J, what are the average diameters of each age group. Hard to get scale from photos sometimes. Your not standing in front of them stems. ;D

[J.Hercules]

Since I had to stand so far from the trees I knew it would be hard to get the full perpesctive of the stand.  The old trees range 18 to 30 inches DBH, the 30 yr old is about 10 inches and the saplings about 2-3 inches DBH.

[sprucebunny]

Thanks very much for the pictures, Jim. That's a handsome stand ;D

[SwampDonkey]

Thanks Jim, now we have some perspective on the situation. ;D

[tonich]

Here's to the land of the longleaf pine
The summer land where the sun doth shine
Where the weak grow strong
And the strong grow great
Here's to down home
The Old North State

Official Toast of North Carolina

Very nice toast! I like it!     smiley_clapping

[E.B.]

Here in L A [ lower Alabama] they have restricted the cutting of long leaf pine execpt when you are building a house or something. To cut a LL you have to get a permit inside most of the city limits.


                                                                                                   EB

[TexasTimbers]

The thing that amazes me most about this post is, Tom made it on June 25th, 2001. There was not a single response to it for nearly 5 years!!! 

Now it has three pages and growing.  :D