Longleaf candling at the pond, Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 22 April 2012

We didn’t know there were any longleaf at the bottom of the pond, but the white candles are unmistakable:

Pictures of Longleaf pine (Pinus Palustris) by Gretchen Quarterman
for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 22 April 2012.

The needles are also longer than on the nearby slash pines:

Pictures of Longleaf pine (Pinus Palustris) and Slash pine (Pinus eliotii)
by Gretchen Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 22 April 2012.

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