slash pine
noun
: a pine (Pinus elliottii) of the southeastern U.S. that has two or three needles in a cluster and is a source of turpentine, lumber, and pulpwood
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The tawny cat is standing in the fork of a slash pine no more than 50 yards ahead.
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Peter Radetsky, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Stands of slash pine marched toward cypress domes just beginning to turn amber as fall arrived.
—Michael Adno, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2024
The renovation and housing booms that were ignited by the pandemic sent lumber prices soaring to new heights, but failed to lift the fortunes of timber growers, such as Joe Hopkins, whose family business has about 70,000 acres of slash pine along the Okefenokee Swamp in southeast Georgia.
—Ryan Dezember, WSJ, 20 Jan. 2022
The bald eagles, a female and male respectively, left their slash pine tree in Fort Myers, Fla. — their home during annual mating season — seeking shelter a day before Hurricane Ian struck.
—Andrea Salcedo, Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2022
Trees include wild tamarind, slash pine, loquat and avocado.
—Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 21 Sep. 2022
Joe Hopkins’s family business has about 70,000 acres of slash pine in southeast Georgia.
—Ryan Dezember, WSJ, 20 Jan. 2022
There are also patches of slash pine, and in some cases the mature slash pines have been heavily thinned out, creating openings for longleaf plantings to rise among them and gradually replace them.
—Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 9 Jan. 2022
The family settled on 2 1/2 acres of slash pine, sabal palm, and palmetto scrub in a sprawling semirural housing development on the outskirts of Naples, Florida, called Golden Gate Estates.
—Richard Mertens, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2021
Peter Radetsky, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Stands of slash pine marched toward cypress domes just beginning to turn amber as fall arrived.
—Michael Adno, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2024
The renovation and housing booms that were ignited by the pandemic sent lumber prices soaring to new heights, but failed to lift the fortunes of timber growers, such as Joe Hopkins, whose family business has about 70,000 acres of slash pine along the Okefenokee Swamp in southeast Georgia.
—Ryan Dezember, WSJ, 20 Jan. 2022
The bald eagles, a female and male respectively, left their slash pine tree in Fort Myers, Fla. — their home during annual mating season — seeking shelter a day before Hurricane Ian struck.
—Andrea Salcedo, Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2022
Trees include wild tamarind, slash pine, loquat and avocado.
—Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 21 Sep. 2022
Joe Hopkins’s family business has about 70,000 acres of slash pine in southeast Georgia.
—Ryan Dezember, WSJ, 20 Jan. 2022
There are also patches of slash pine, and in some cases the mature slash pines have been heavily thinned out, creating openings for longleaf plantings to rise among them and gradually replace them.
—Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 9 Jan. 2022
The family settled on 2 1/2 acres of slash pine, sabal palm, and palmetto scrub in a sprawling semirural housing development on the outskirts of Naples, Florida, called Golden Gate Estates.
—Richard Mertens, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2021
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