Shortleaf pine, Short-needle pine, Pinus echinata, is potentially a large, stately tree, to 100' tall (the national champion is apparently in Mississippi, and is 138’ tall), and is valued as an ...

Shortleaf pine, Short-needle pine, Pinus echinata, is potentially a large, stately tree, to 100' tall (the national champion is apparently in Mississippi, and is 138’ tall), and is valued as an ...

Shortleaf pine develops a prominent tap root, which can be very extensive in a large tree. It exhibits slow initial growth as the tap root develops, but it maintains a steady development well into ...

Shortleaf pine, because of its prime lumber qualities, was an important tree that helped build many of the early “heartpine” structures in the Eastern U.S., in both the countryside as well as ...

Shortleaf also plans to obtain a new canning line to distribute its mainstay beers, such as Blood Orange Wheat, AmericAle, Lazy IPA, and Bear Lake Shake. Shortleaf will also be adding a new IPA with ...

A gathering of land managers interested in the tree will be held at the Second Annual Shortleaf Pine Conference Sept. 20-22 at the Monte Sano Sate Park in Huntsville, Ala.

High in the dead branches of the shortleaf pine trees outside the Daniel Boone National Forest’s old ranger station is a pair of brown-headed nuthatches that are well outside of their historical ...

Palmer said the shortleaf pine also is a healthful blend for the loblolly and pitch pine trees already here. “A healthy forest is one that has a mix of populations and a mix of ages,” Palmer said.

The red-cockaded woodpecker has been on the endangered species list since 1970 due to the destruction of their habitat from commercial logging. The bird nests in old-growth shortleaf pine trees.

The red-cockaded woodpecker has been on the endangered species list since 1970 due to the destruction of their habitat from commercial logging. The bird nests in old-growth shortleaf pine trees.