Editing Longleaf pine (section)

{{Short description|Species of plant (tree)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{speciesbox
| status = EN
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Farjon, A. |date=2013 |title=''Pinus palustris'' |volume=2013 |page=e.T39068A2886222 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T39068A2886222.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref>
| status2 = G5
| status2_system = TNC
| status2_ref = <ref>{{cite web |title=NatureServe Explorer 2.0 |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.152746/Pinus_palustris |website=explorer.natureserve.org |access-date=28 March 2022}}</ref>
| image = Pinus palustris UGA1.jpg
| image_caption = Longleaf pine (''Pinus palustris'') forest
| parent = Pinus subsect. Australes
| display_parents = 3
| taxon = Pinus palustris
| authority = [[Philip Miller|Mill.]]
| range_map = Pinus palustris range map.png 
}}

The '''longleaf pine''' ('''''Pinus palustris''''') is a [[pine]] species native to the [[Southeastern United States]], found along the coastal plain from [[East Texas]] to southern [[Virginia]], extending into northern and central [[Florida]].<ref name="range">{{Cite web
| title = Longleaf Pine Range Map
| work = The Longleaf Alliance
| access-date = 25 November 2015
| url = http://www.longleafalliance.org/next-generation/lesson-material/range-bw.pdf/at_download/file
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151125185820/http://www.longleafalliance.org/next-generation/lesson-material/range-bw.pdf/at_download/file
| archive-date = 25 November 2015
| url-status = dead
}}</ref> In this area it is also known as "yellow pine" or "long leaf yellow pine", although it is properly just one out of a number of species termed [[yellow pine]].  It reaches a height of {{convert|30|-|35|m|ft|abbr=on}} and a diameter of {{convert|0.7|m|in|abbr=on}}. In the past, before extensive logging, they reportedly grew to {{convert|47|m|ft|abbr=on}} with a diameter of {{convert|1.2|m|in|abbr=on}}. The tree is a cultural symbol of the [[Southern United States]], being the official state tree of [[Alabama]].<ref name="ArchivesAlabama2014">{{cite web |title=Official Emblems and Symbols, Tree, Southern Longleaf Pine |url=https://archives.alabama.gov/emblems/st_tree.html |website=archives.alabama.gov |publisher=Alabama Department of Archives and History |access-date=16 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140818151514/http://www.archives.alabama.gov/emblems/st_tree.html |archive-date=18 August 2014}}</ref> This particular species is one of the eight pine tree species that falls under the "Pine" designation as the state tree of [[North Carolina]].<ref name="Case">{{cite web |url=https://www.ncpedia.org/tree-pine |title=State Tree of North Carolina: Pine |last=Case |first=Steven |date=2011 |website=NCPedia |access-date=2020-07-06}}</ref>