Loblolly Pine
Scientific Name: (Pinus taeda)
By: Jordan Moore
Common Names: Loblolly Pine
Description: "Leaves or needles 6 to 9 inches long,
slightly twisted, pale blue-green and occuring in
clusters of 3 to the sheath. Fruit or cone 2 to 6 inches
long, light reddish brown at maturity; scales armed with
short, stout prickles. Bark on young trees dark in
color and deeply furrowed, becoming on old trees bright
red-brown and divided into broad, flat ridges. A tree
100 feet in height with a trunk 2 to 5 feet in diameter.
Perhaps the fastest growing southern pine."
Distribution: Found throughout the state of Georgia.
Also found in the higher mountains.You would not likely run
across a pine in th coastal plains. "Most common of the
Southern yellow pines and often in plantations."
Bibliography: Bishop, Norman G., Peabody, Foster George, Georgia
Forestry Commission. Native Trees of Georgia.
Ninth Printing. January, 1996