longleaf pine - Pinus palustris
| USDA Plant Code: PIPA2 Light Requirement: full sun - part shade Soil Moisture: dry - medium Height: 80-100 feet Leaves: evergreen Protected Plant: no Commonly Available at Nurseries : yes Growth Habits: tree, Hardiness Zone: both Salt Tolerance : yes Drought Tolerance: yes | Birds, Mammals and Other Wildlife: yes Riparian Buffers: yes All Pollinators: yes Native Bees and other Pollinators: yes Butterflies and Moths: yes Hummingbird: no Rain Garden: yes Bloom Color: Bloom Period: Fragrant: no |
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 Stand; natural stand USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Landscape; sandhill site with hardwood associates USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Stand; open pine-grassland stand USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Stand; Piedmont-Mountain stand USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Stand; Piedmont-mountain stand USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Stand; Coastal Plain stand USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Stand; natural stand USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Seedling(s); recently germinated seed USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Stand; seedlings in active height growth USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Stand; Pole-size natural stand USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Prescribed Fire; fire used to control competition USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Seedling(s); natural regenetation (marked by white cards) beneath pine overstory USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Seedling(s); seedling stand developing in overstory opening USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Prescribed Fire; fire used during growing season to reduce competition USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Prescribed Fire; stand immediately following burn USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Prescribed Fire; understory controlled by frequent burns USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Stand; dense regeneration cohort USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Field; USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Stand; row seeding: mean distance between established seedlings within row, mean distance between rows USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Field; longleaf after prescribed fire USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Field; longleaf after prescribed fire USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Seedling(s); The most widely used seedling packing containers in southern nurseries are the Kraft, plastic-lined (KP) bags. L.L. seedlings can be satisfactorily packed, stored, & shipped in these bags. … USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Field; Example of row-seeded, precision-sown L.L. seedlings with highly-controlled nursery seedbed density fo approximately 12 seedling/sq. ft. These seedlings were spring sown in Mar & more than 90% had an RCD of .4 in. or larger at following January lifting date, Seedlings were less than 10 mon. old at lifting date. USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Field; If present, hardwood midstory/understory must be removed. USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Seedling(s); Seedlings in mid-June, with secondary (fascicled) needles. USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Field; Intraspecific competition. L.L. expresses dominance better than other s. pines, due largely to differences in time of initiating emergence from the grass stage. In case of over-dense stands of … USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Stand; Natural 50 year old stand on ridge top, Shoal Creek Ranger District, USDA Forest Service - Talladega National Forest, Alabama, Sept. 1961 University of Georgia , University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Seedling(s); Silviculture Laboratory. USDA Forest Service - Escambia Experimental Forest, Brewton, Alabama. December 1967 University of Georgia , University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Prescribed Fire; Cows grazing in stand one month after burn. Kisatchie National Forest in Louisiana. March 1964 University of Georgia , University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Cones; seedling germination in fall USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Tree(s); USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Restoration; ground broadcast of seed USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Restoration; preparing for broadcast of seed by air USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Restoration; row sedding by machine USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Restoration; two-row seeding machine USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Restoration; row-hand: automatic dispenser, also for spot seeding USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Restoration; spot seeding: rake and dispenser USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Equipment; Lateral root pruner used in row-seeded L.L. pine seedlings. Operational recommenda-tions include 2 lateral root prunings (Aug. & Oct.) during the growing season. Seed-lings are root pruned … USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Equipment; Recently developed modification to stand-ard field planting machine that affords direct application of Benlate fungicides in mixtures with water absorbent materials, fertilizer, etc., … USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Equipment; L.L. pine seedlings, with larger root systems & absence of stems, require custom seedling lifting procedures. Recently developed custom lifting machines such as the Fobro lifter have provided … USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Equipment; Machine planting has been the most satisfactory planting procedure for L.L. pine seedling. The longer taproot requires a deeper planting hole than other shorter-rooted southern yellow pines. … USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Equipment; Pt ectomycorrhizal fungus vegetative mycelium inoculum applicator for bare-root nurseries. This machine bands the inoculum in 2 inch wide bands and at desired depths in nursery seedbeds with a 67% … USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Restoration; The recently modified summit precision seed sower for operational sowing of L.L. pine seeds. Seeeds are sown in double rows/seed drill with controlled density and spacing between seeds/row. Highest… USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Equipment; The summit precision seed sower vacuum drum. The L.L. seed are held on the seed drum by a continuous vacuum applied inside the drum. Desired seed spacing is achieved through equallly spaced holes… USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Restoration; Early natural regeneration attempts used the seed-tree method, 6-10 trees/acre. Disadv. site not occupied, brush invasion, too few seeds, too little needle litter fuel. USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Cones; Favor trees with past history of cone production. Normally, 750 or more cones/acre are needed for regeneration. USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Restoration; Springtime binocular counts of flowers and conelets (and cones). In regeneration area mark about 50 typical trees for annual counts. USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Cones; L.L. flowers & "conelets" in late April, correct stage for binocular count. All visible flowers & "conelets" are counted from a single position with view of entire crown. Cones from preceding … USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Cones; Staminate strobili before (right) and after (left) shedding pollen University of Georgia , University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Cones; male flowers Erich G. Vallery, USDA Forest Service - SRS-4552, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Cones; male flowers Erich G. Vallery, USDA Forest Service - SRS-4552, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Cones; female cone & male flower Erich G. Vallery, USDA Forest Service - SRS-4552, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Map; native range USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Map; overlay on native range map showing physiographic regions USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Map; map of Ga showing longleaf--slash USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Diagram or Graphic; Title- Relative Sensitivity of Longleaf & Loblolly Pines to Environment USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Map; map- Southeastern United States USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Display or Sign; The Five Components of Successful Longleaf Pine Planting USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Diagram or Graphic; propper planting USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Management; Example of successful lateral root pruning in L.L. pine seedbed. Note the narrow row widths (4 to 6 inches), coulter cutting depths, and lack of seedling damage and seedbed surface soil disturbance. USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
