How to Use longleaf pine in a Sentence

longleaf pine

noun
  • Their main threat is loss of habitat, the living, old-growth longleaf pines.
    — Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2025
  • But this is true old-growth longleaf pine, never logged, the ground cover rare cutthroat grass.
    — Jen Guyton, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The burns clear space for longleaf pine, a tree species whose seeds won’t sprout on undergrowth blocking bare soil.
    — James Pollard, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The eastern indigo snake is a lynchpin species in the longleaf pine forests.
    — Dennis Pillion | [email protected], al, 30 Oct. 2019
  • Fields of leathery saw palmettos and stands of longleaf pine trees are pocked with ponds and marshes.
    — Jennifer Weeks, Discover Magazine, 11 Mar. 2012
  • The dry and sandy soil needed to dig the burrows is found on sandhills under dry oak and longleaf pine trees.
    — National Geographic, 2 Mar. 2020
  • Thompson tiptoes to a longleaf pine with a white ring painted around its trunk, the mark of a nesting tree.
    — Jen Guyton, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The longleaf pine’s branches arch toward the sky, each bud bursting with spindly green fingers.
    — Adithi Ramakrishnan, Dallas News, 24 July 2023
  • Or to learn that the lustrous floor is made of boards of longleaf pine, salvaged from the original floor joists.
    — Michael J. Lewis, WSJ, 25 Jan. 2020
  • The coil basketry technique can be done with longer pine needles (like longleaf pine and loblolly pine).
    — Tim MacWelch, Popular Science, 26 Dec. 2019
  • These monoliths face three longleaf pine trees and are surrounded by a grove of tupelo trees.
    — Bebe Howorth, ELLE Decor, 22 Apr. 2021
  • In an old-growth longleaf pine savanna, the absurdly long pine needles sing in the wind.
    — Reed Frederick Noss, The Conversation, 16 Apr. 2025
  • These woods weren’t composed of the original longleaf pines of an ancient, old-growth forest.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Use longleaf pine to add a touch of seasonality to every corner of the home.
    — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Her stay in the nest in a longleaf pine 50 feet above the earth also spurred donations for a raptor center.
    — Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 May 2026
  • As sitting is uncomfortable for him, the 80-year old man stood behind a large longleaf pine.
    — Russell Worth Parker, Outdoor Life, 11 May 2023
  • Frosted flatwoods salamanders used to be more common in the South’s longleaf pine forests.
    — Molly Samuel, ajc, 5 Feb. 2022
  • Loss and fragmentation of the longleaf pine ecosystem has led to a decline in the number of pinesnakes.
    — Sara Sneath, NOLA.com, 6 Apr. 2018
  • The resilience of longleaf pine forests can have cumulative benefits for the health of the planet, too.
    — Jamie Dickman, Popular Science, 14 June 2023
  • In the Bronx, Curtis is trying the spruce pine and the graceful longleaf pine, both native to southern states.
    — Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2020
  • The longleaf pine’s most obvious attribute is its strong, straight timber — perfect for utility poles.
    — Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2021
  • The device has previously come to rest in swamps and rice paddies and tangled itself 60 feet up in a longleaf pine.
    — Douglas Fox, Discover Magazine, 5 June 2012
  • Continuing efforts at the preserve aim to restore the longleaf pine’s presence.
    — Ryan Ballogg, Miami Herald, 29 Feb. 2024
  • They are mostly found in longleaf pine forests, which have declined dramatically over the past 200 years.
    — Dennis Pillion | [email protected], al, 1 Aug. 2022
  • While the park’s azaleas bloom in early spring and present picturesque scenery, another notable aspect of this park is the longleaf pine trees that tower over live oaks.
    — Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2022
  • Southern trees like crape myrtle and longleaf pine didn’t have enough mentions to make the final cut but would have been among the most-Southern things in the entire database.
    — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2022
  • For instance, the woodpeckers that call the preserve home require a specific type of longleaf pine forest, Bowman said.
    — Natalia Jaramillo, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Its current moniker pays homage to the longleaf pine tree, a foundational pillar of the Raleigh area’s historic timber and naval stores industries.
    — Kristy Tolley, Travel + Leisure, 16 May 2026
  • For a longer walk, opt for the two-mile loop called the Pine Ridge Trail to see interesting sights like sandhill ecosystems where longleaf pine trees rise.
    — Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2024
  • This plant species is endemic to a small stretch of wet longleaf pine habitat in the sand hills and coastal plains of the Carolinas, United States.
    — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 1 June 2021

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