How to Use loblolly pine in a Sentence

loblolly pine

noun
  • Avoid the acid-loving pines such as Virginia and loblolly pine.
    ExpressNews.com, 26 Nov. 2020
  • The loblolly pine planted at the White House has since died, according to Williams’ records.
    Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2019
  • Think giant white pines in the Midwest and Northeast and loblolly pine in the South (plus cypress trees).
    Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Needles from slash and loblolly pine trees are also sold as pine straw.
    Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2021
  • Some of the trees that can be seen on the mountain are eastern red cedar, loblolly pine, black cherry and Georgia oak.
    AccessAtlanta, 17 June 2022
  • Some entries, like a loblolly pine planted at the White House, are marked with an asterisk to note that the tree has died.
    Mark Thiessen, National Geographic, 8 July 2019
  • The birds have also been observed building nests in loblolly pines, but only in trees that are 60-80 years old.
    Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 28 Oct. 2019
  • The coil basketry technique can be done with longer pine needles (like longleaf pine and loblolly pine).
    Tim MacWelch, Popular Science, 26 Dec. 2019
  • That’s why dogwoods and loblolly pines from East Texas don’t survive in our alkaline black clays here in the Metroplex.
    Neil Sperry, star-telegram, 21 Dec. 2017
  • Clayton George walks under a canopy of mature loblolly pine.
    Ryan Dezember, WSJ, 9 Oct. 2018
  • Cooper helped passed out thousands of loblolly pine seedlings to event attendees.
    Patricia Dillon, Houston Chronicle, 20 Jan. 2018
  • The resulting planting projects focused largely on the loblolly pine.
    Xander Peters, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Sep. 2021
  • The viridian-green branches of loblolly pines rise 60 feet above a carpet of soft, tufted grasses, rippling slightly in the breeze.
    Brian Barth, Popular Science, 1 Apr. 2020
  • Just north of the Tennessee River near Huntsville, Alabama, there’s a six-story rocket test stand in a small clearing of loblolly pines.
    Wired, 27 Sep. 2019
  • By this time, the giant loblolly pine was larger and more spectacular than most remaining big pines.
    Rex Nelson, Arkansas Online, 20 Dec. 2020
  • The Forest Service provided seeds from five common species: loblolly pine, sycamore, Douglas fir, sweetgum and redwood.
    Andrew Jenner, Discover Magazine, 2 Oct. 2017
  • The site includes a mixture of young growth and mature timber, including harvest-ready loblolly pine plantations.
    William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Probably a Pinus taeda, or loblolly pine, a slender conifer native to the Southeastern United States.
    Matthew Shaer, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Ghost forests dot the landscape, once-lush loblolly pines reduced to mere skinny sticks; timbering thinned the forests, and saltwater intrusion is trying to finish the leveling.
    BostonGlobe.com, 25 Oct. 2019
  • The property’s resources include freshwater marsh, cypress-gum swamp, and forests of bottomland hardwoods, loblolly pine and longleaf pine.
    USA TODAY, 10 June 2019
  • Since then, Thrasher has been working to restore the original montane longleaf pine savannah ecosystem by clearing out the competing loblolly pines through logging and the use of prescribed fire.
    Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 26 Feb. 2023
  • The first two trees registered were a national champion loblolly pine in Cleveland County (which fell in a March 2003 storm) and a national champion persimmon tree in the front yard of a Dardanelle home.
    Rex Nelson, Arkansas Online, 20 Dec. 2020
  • Most of the old growth forests were clear cut for logging operations or development, and the long-lived, slow-growing longleaf trees were replaced in many areas by loblolly pines or other fast-growing trees for the timber industry.
    Dennis Pillion, AL.com, 17 Mar. 2018
  • Nine varieties of free seedlings were given away including American elm, eastern redbud, laurel oak, live oak, loblolly pine, overcup oak, sawtooth oak, water oak and willow oak.
    Patricia Dillon, Houston Chronicle, 20 Jan. 2018

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