longleaf pine
an American pine, Pinus palustris, valued as a source of turpentine and for its timber.
the wood of this tree.
Origin of longleaf pine
1- Also called Georgia pine.
Words Nearby longleaf pine
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How to use longleaf pine in a sentence
Although the researchers only examined trees along the North and South Carolina coastlines, longleaf pines grow throughout the entire southeast.
300 years of tree rings show just how badly hurricanes have soaked the Carolinas | Kate Baggaley | October 5, 2021 | Popular-ScienceTo peer into the more distant past, Maxwell and his colleagues examined longleaf pine trees growing across seven sites in North and South Carolina.
300 years of tree rings show just how badly hurricanes have soaked the Carolinas | Kate Baggaley | October 5, 2021 | Popular-ScienceElsewhere in the Southeast, he spent long hours observing the granite outcrops and old-growth longleaf pine savannas of Georgia, along with the coastal salt marshes of South Carolina.
A native plant designer’s memoir reflects on a life in the field | Adrian Higgins | August 25, 2021 | Washington PostDiverse ecosystems cover Texas’ 13,229-acre Upland Island Wilderness, from longleaf pine forests to dreamy willow-oak swamps, with swaths of yuccas and sandy expanses sprinkled along the way.
We quickly got a sense for what we were in for the rest of the week — challenging and very fast greens, plenty of sandy waste areas, longleaf pines framing most holes and a feeling of being transported back to an earlier, simpler time.
In North Carolina, a visit to ‘the cradle of American golf’ | Chris Lindsley | June 25, 2021 | Washington Post
Their wood very closely resembles that of the longleaf pine and is often difficult to distinguish from it.
The average size of the mature longleaf pine is 90 ft. in height and 20 in.
Specifications for paving blocks often require that longleaf pine be 90 per cent heart.
The Mechanical Properties of Wood | Samuel J. RecordSome experiments28 on very resinous longleaf pine specimens, however, indicate an increase in strength.
The Mechanical Properties of Wood | Samuel J. RecordNearly thirty names are thus applied to the longleaf pine (Pinus palustris).
The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties | Charles H. (Charles Henry) Snow
British Dictionary definitions for longleaf pine
/ (ˈlɒŋˌliːf) /
a North American pine tree, Pinus palustris, with long needle-like leaves and orange-brown bark: the most important timber tree of the southeastern US
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