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 ...

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 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 ...