The Longleaf Trace, a recreational trail which follows the route of the former Mississippi Central Railroad, runs through the center of town.

Portions of this highway run parallel to the Longleaf Trace.

American rosin is obtained from the turpentine of Longleaf Pine Pinus palustris and Loblolly Pine P. taeda.

Pinus palustris, commonly known as the Longleaf Pine, is a pine native to the southeastern United States, found along the coastal plain from eastern Texas to southeast Virginia, extending into northern and central Florida.

Longleaf pine needles from a 30 m specimen near Tallahassee, Florida

Before European settlement, the Longleaf Pine pine forest dominated as much as stretching from Virginia south to Florida and west to eastern Texas.

In the southeastern United States it is formed from the heartwood of Longleaf pine trees and is called " fat lighter " or " lighter'd " ( a shortening of lighter-wood ).

Naturally regenerated Longleaf Pines in DeSoto National Forest, Mississippi

" The state tree is the Longleaf Pine, the state flower is the Camellia.

The scientific name meaning, " of marshes ," is a misunderstanding on the part of Philip Miller who described the species, after seeing Longleaf Pine forests with temporary winter flooding.

Longleaf Pine also is known as being one of several species grouped as a Southern Yellow Pine or Longleaf Yellow Pine, and in the past as Pitch Pine ( a name dropped as it caused confusion with Pitch Pine, Pinus rigida ).

Longleaf Pine is highly resistant to fire.

The Red-cockaded Woodpecker is dependent on Longleaf Pine forests, and is now endangered as a result of this decline.

The Red Hills Region of Florida and Georgia is home to some of the best preserved stands of Longleaf Pine.

Due to this deforestation and over-harvesting, only about 3 % of the original Longleaf Pine forest remains, and little new is planted.

Longleaf Pine is available, however, at many nurseries within its range ; the southernmost known point of sale is in Lake Worth, Florida.

The Longleaf Pine is the official state tree of Alabama.

North Carolina's state tree is the pine tree generally and the Longleaf Pine specifically is lauded in the official state toast.

In addition to Longleaf restoration, prescribed burning will enhance the endangered Red-cockaded Woodpeckers ' preferred habitat of open, park-like stands, provide habitat for wildlife dependent on grass-shrub habitat, which is very limited, and reduce the risk of damaging wildfires.

The area contains over 100 species of trees and shrubs, but is dominated by Longleaf Pine ( Pinus palustris ), which reaches heights of over.

* Longleaf Trail Scenic Byway that is

Another area of special note is the Longleaf Pine Habitat, a preserved remnant of the great southern longleaf pine ( Pinus palustris ) ecosystem that once dominated the American South.

The Longleaf Pine is the official state tree of North Carolina.

The Sand Skink exists in areas vegetated with Sand Pine – Florida Rosemary scrub or a Longleaf Pine – American turkey oak association, including Florida scrub habitat.

With the advent of wildfire suppression, Loblolly Pine has come to prevalence in some parts of the Deep South that were once populated with greater numbers of Longleaf Pine and, especially in northern Florida, Slash Pine.

Longleaf, Shortleaf and Loblolly Pines, along with Bluejack and Post Oaks, dominate sandhills.

Flatwoods are an ecosystem maintained by wildfire or prescribed fire and are dominated by Longleaf Pine ( Pinus palustris ), and Slash Pine ( Pinus elliotii ) in the tree canopy and Saw Palmetto ( Serenoa repens ), Gallberry ( Ilex glabra ) and other flammable evergreen shrubs in the understory, along with a high diversity of herb species.

Large scale overharvesting in conjunction with detrimental silvicultural practices like replacement with faster growing Loblolly Pine has drastically reduced the range of the Longleaf Pine ecosystem.

The northern region uplands are dominated by pine, originally Longleaf and Slash in the south and Shortleaf mixed with hardwoods in the north.

Prior to agricultural use, most of the Sandhills were forested with Longleaf Pine, Loblolly Pine, Turkey oak, and Blackjack oak.

American black bear, racking horse, Yellow-shafted Flicker, wild turkey, Atlantic tarpon, largemouth bass, Southern Longleaf Pine, Eastern tiger swallowtail, Monarch butterfly, Alabama red-bellied turtle, Red Hills salamander, camellia, oak-leaf hydrangea, peach, pecan, and blackberry are Alabama's state symbols.

The dominant tree species are Southern Red Oak, Post Oak, Longleaf Pine, Loblolly Pine, Sweetgum, and Red Maple.

Longleaf pine forest, a forest type reduced to 5 % of its former range in the last few centuries, covers of the base.

At her death, the trustee of her estate and brother, Adrian Honoré, sold her local land holdings to Burks Hamner, Longleaf Pine forest: 1921 Burgert Brothers photo of Temple Terrace pre-development Vance Helm, Maud Fowler, Cody Fowler, and D. Collins Gillett, who formed two development corporations — Temple Terrace Estates, Inc., which developed the golf course and residential areas ; and Temple Terraces, Inc., which developed of orange groves that originally surrounded the city to the west and north, the largest orange grove in the world in the 1920s.

The Longleaf Pine was the primary tree used in the industry.

The river basin also supports the only known example of old growth Longleaf Pine and Black oak forest in the United States.

* Wier Longleaf Lumber Company, established in 1917 by Robert W. Wier

Its needles are in bundles of three, sometimes twisted, and measure long ; an intermediate length for southern pines, shorter than those of the Longleaf Pine or Slash Pine, but longer than those of the Shortleaf Pine and Spruce Pine.

In 1992, Governor Jim Martin presented Wood the Order of the Longleaf Pine, the highest civilian award given by the state of North Carolina.

Longleaf Pine takes 100 to 150 years to become full size and may live to 500 years old.

Periodic natural wildfire selects for this species by killing other trees, leading to open Longleaf Pine forests or savannas.

Longleaf Pine forests are rich in biodiversity.

Longleaf Pines seeds are large and nutritious, forming a significant food source for birds ( notably the Brown-headed Nuthatch ) and other wildlife.