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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;James Conrad, post: 555311, member: 5066&quot;]No isn&#039;t, there are a blue million species of pine, mostly what you see here in the states now is loblolly or slash yellow pine, i think because it grows fast.</p><p>The longleaf i am speaking of is mostly gone now, it&#039;s protected and US Forest service and others have programs to bring it back but it&#039;s tough going primarily because, it takes 200 years to mature to harvest &amp; lives to be 500 years old or so. Not exactly a fast grower, incredibly SLOW grower, THAT&#039;S the problem. But, really fabulous pine!</p><p>When we settled here in the 1600s, there was 80-90 million acres of this pine in primeval forest that stretched from Virginia to east Texas, an &quot;inexhaustible supply&quot; many thought. By 1920, 95% of these forests had been clear cut, only a few stands are left now, mostly in Georgia &amp; Florida.</p><p>As of now, the only way to get this timber is by reclaiming it, it&#039;s big business &amp; hideously expensive for &quot;real&quot; old growth timber, 20 rings to the inch &amp; up.</p><p>Longleaf yellow pine forests that are no more, notice the man standing at bottom, these trees reach 150 feet tall &amp; 4 feet in diameter. This pine has many nicknames, probably the most used is &quot;Heart Pine&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Pinus palustris Longleaf yellow pine</i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]170474[/ATTACH]</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>For a short version history</i></p><p><a href="http://www.appalachianwoods.com/Heart-Pine-History.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.appalachianwoods.com/Heart-Pine-History.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.appalachianwoods.com/Heart-Pine-History.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>For a longer version</p><p><a href="https://www.srs.fs.fed.us/pubs/gtr/gtr_srs166.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.srs.fs.fed.us/pubs/gtr/gtr_srs166.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.srs.fs.fed.us/pubs/gtr/gtr_srs166.pdf</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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