Fusiform rust is one of the costliest diseases in the timber industry and is especially damaging to the loblolly pine. The disease causes deformities that cause the wood to be unusable ...

The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 85, No. 2 (Jun., 2002), pp. 308-316 (9 pages) As a result of human activity, longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Miller) forests in the southern United States have been lost ...

Secrets of the Longleaf Pine is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku ...

The longleaf pine forests on military lands are ... a cavity—though it’s easier if the tree is infected with heart pine disease, a fungus that softens the heart of the tree.

The highest honor a citizen of North Carolina can receive from the governor is the Order of the Long Leaf Pine. This award is granted to distinguished North Carolinians who ...

The pinesnake has disappeared from most of its range as open, old-growth longleaf pine forests have been lost to logging and development. “We absolutely need to protect the longleaf pine forests that ...

Southern hognose snakes live in the longleaf pine ecosystem, a fire-dependent forest habitat ... collisions with vehicles, invasive species, disease, human persecution and collection for the pet trade ...

A single straw harvest removes between five and 60 pounds of nitrogen per acre and between 0.5 and five pounds of phosphorus ...