#longleaf pine

[joy-haver]

Longleaf Pine Savanna. This is a very endangered ecosystem.

[boggedybloggedy]

New Year's Day Night Hike, 01/01/2026

[americangrove]

Snow on Longleaf Pine

[londonsimblr]

hungover and remaking a bunch of my trees

[xocoyotlx]

does anyone have any experience using longleaf pine needles in their practice? i get so many of these in my yard, i really want to make good use out of them and have a better appreciation for them!!

[scottpartridge]

Red-Cockaded Woodpecker

[pumpkincrow31]

Salamander pov

[amaiimiruku]

longleaf pine (Pinus palustris)

historically, the longleaf pine grew across a pine-grassland savanna (meaning the trees were sparse with a diversity of grasses, shrubs and wild flowers growing beneath) that covered 92 million acres from virginia, as south as central florida, and as west as eastern texas. unfortunately, due to fire suppression (the tree + ecosystem relies on forest fires, the heat of which cause the pinecones to open and release its seeds), logging, development, and agriculture, this ecosystem has been reduced to less than 3% of its original coverage.

information taken from Flora and Fauna of the Longleaf Pine-Grassland Ecosystem by Elizabeth W. Crofton, with some additions by myself