Longleaf Pine

Longleaf pine once dominated the southeastern United States, but it has now been reduced to about 10 percent of its original coverage. The tree has bright green, long, flexible needles, giving it almost a "weeping effect." It can be found in northcentral Florida and the panhandle. A wide variety of native wildlife depends on the longleaf pine ecosystem, including Florida mice, gopher frogs, and eastern diamond-back rattlesnakes.

UF/IFAS Sites

• Florida Forest Trees: Longleaf Pine
• Restoring Longleaf Pine Sandhill Communities with an Herbicide

UF/IFAS Publications

• Longleaf Pine Regeneration
• Pinus palustris: Longleaf Pine

Also on Gardening in a Minute

• Florida Pines
• Native Trees

Other Sites

• Longleaf Pine--Mississippi State University Extension Service
• Longleaf Pine--USDA Forest Service
• Longleaf Pine--Virginia Tech Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation
• Longleaf Pine Ecosystem Restoration Private Landowner Incentive Program--Florida Division of Forestry
• The Longleaf Pine Fireforest--Longleaf Alliance
• The Longleaf Pine/Wiregrass Ecosystem--Carolina Sandhills Natural Wildlife Refuge
• Official Alabama Tree: Southern Longleaf Pine--Alabama Department of Archives and History