The paper industry encouraged growth of loblolly and slash pines.

The trunks and roots of slash pines, however, are resistant to fire.

South Florida slash pines are insulated by their bark to protect them from heat.

The tall Georgia slash pines were deep in rust-colored needles.

Slash Pine, a tree native to the southeast United States.

These areas contain saw palmettos and slash pines.

"I'm going to miss those big old slash pines," said Janet Alford, the executive director.

Along what is called the Jeep Trail are slash pines with horizontal cuts in their trunks.

Roads were cut through the palmettoes and slash pines on the limestone ridge a mile inland.

They planted the wrong kind of trees - common slash pines instead of longleaf pines.

A period without significant fire can turn pineland into hardwood hammock as larger trees overtake the slash pines.

Longleaf pine dominated the coastal plains until the early 1900s, where loblolly and slash pines now dominate.

Slash Pine is named after the "slashes" - swampy ground overgrown with trees and bushes - that constitute its habitat.

The slash pines were planted in tight rows, but they have been growing for twenty years, and need to be better spaced out to achieve full growth.

It is primarily a producer of pines, particularly longleaf, shortleaf, loblolly, and slash pines.

South Florida slash pines are uniquely adapted to promote fire by dropping a large amount of dried pine needles and shedding dry bark.

Although the lasting effects remain to be seen, Hurricane Andrew in 1992 also destroyed mangrove forests and snapped slash pines in half.

Slash Pine (wetter sites)

He had to arrange to build a half-mile road to that spot, and then build the house, deep in the jungle adjacent to the young slash pines.

Unlike the other Mississippi islands, Cat Island's sand beaches are backed by dense forests of slash pines and live oaks.

The caterpillars (Slash Pine seedworms) feed on the seeds of Pinus elliottii.

The varieties include Loblolly, Longleaf, Shortleaf, and Slash pines.

Slash Pine generally contains a higher concentration of resin acids than Loblolly Pine.

Slash Pines (Pinus elliottii)

Forty-year-old slash pines snapped like twigs; ancient mahogany and gumbo limbo trees were knocked from their fragile perches in the thin soil.

Slash Pines (Pinus elliottii)

The main species was Pinus massoniana, whilst Pinus elliottii, Lophostemon confertus, Melaleuca quinquenervia and Acacia confusa were introduced later.

For example, the coastal areas of the southeastern United States have a high proportion of Slash Pine (Pinus elliottii); inland areas of the same region have a preponderance of Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda).