Editing Longleaf pine (section)

==Culture==
The longleaf pine is the official [[List of U.S. state trees|state tree]] of Alabama.<ref>{{Cite web
| title = Southern Longleaf Pine
| work = Official Symbols and Emblems of Alabama
| access-date = 2009-04-04
| url = http://www.archives.state.al.us/emblems/st_tree.html
| archive-date = 1 June 2019
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190601104835/http://www.archives.state.al.us/emblems/st_tree.html
| url-status = dead
}}</ref> It is referenced by name in the first line of the official [[North Carolina State Toast]].<ref name="Case"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=1957 |title=North Carolina General Statutes - § 149-2{{!}}"A Toast" to North Carolina |url=https://www.ncleg.net/enactedlegislation/statutes/html/bysection/chapter_149/gs_149-2.html |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=www.ncleg.net}}</ref> Also, the state's highest honor is named the "[[Order of the Long Leaf Pine]]". The state tree of North Carolina is officially designated as simply "pine", under which this and seven other species fall.<ref name="Case"/><ref>{{cite web |date=1963 |title=North Carolina General Statutes - § 145-3{{!}}State tree |url=http://www.ncleg.net/enactedlegislation/statutes/html/bysection/chapter_145/gs_145-3.html |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=www.ncleg.net}}</ref>