Nope, no longleaf in there.
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Longleaf
Candling longleaf
Candling Longleaf
In case you wondered why the growing bud on a longleaf pine is called a candle:
This nine foot loblolly is about 3 years old, as you can see since John S. Quarterman can reach 8 feet high and it’s a foot higher than that: Continue reading
Bolting Longleaf
No amount of cold weather seems to stop the longleaf once they start bolting upwards:
This one has a branch already.
Picture by Gretchen Quarterman, 7 Feb 2010, Lowndes County, Georgia.