longleaf pine
noun
long·leaf pine ˈlȯŋ-ˌlēf- 
: a tall timber pine (Pinus palustris) of the southeastern U.S. with long needles in bundles of three and long cones
also : its tough coarse-grained reddish-orange wood consisting mostly of heartwood and used especially for flooring and joinery
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Southern trees like crape myrtle and longleaf pine didn’t have enough mentions to make the final cut but would have been among the most-Southern things in the entire database. 
Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2022 The black pine snake, living mostly in longleaf pine forests, can sometimes be mistaken for the eastern indigo snake, another longleaf resident that is just starting to rebound in Alabama after reintroductions in the Conecuh National Forest. Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 15 Aug. 2022 For the Alabama piece, someone sent him a slab of longleaf pine that had come down in a hurricane in a national park in Florida. The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 July 2022 Conservation biologists are continuing efforts to reintroduce the longest snake in North America back into Alabama’s longleaf pine forests. Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 29 June 2022 Frosted flatwoods salamanders used to be more common in the South’s longleaf pine forests. Molly Samuel, ajc, 5 Feb. 2022 Texas’ 13,229-acre Upland Island Wilderness, from longleaf pine forests to dreamy willow-oak swamps, with swaths of yuccas and sandy expanses sprinkled along the way. Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 26 July 2021 Many saw the potential for its forests, optimized for timber, to be restored to the longleaf pine savannahs that once dominated. al, 2 Jan. 2022 Consider: the Mississippi Association of Cooperatives is informing farmers about cover crops and native longleaf pine — things that can reduce agriculture’s carbon footprint. Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 1 Sep. 2021 See More
Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2022 The black pine snake, living mostly in longleaf pine forests, can sometimes be mistaken for the eastern indigo snake, another longleaf resident that is just starting to rebound in Alabama after reintroductions in the Conecuh National Forest. Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 15 Aug. 2022 For the Alabama piece, someone sent him a slab of longleaf pine that had come down in a hurricane in a national park in Florida. The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 July 2022 Conservation biologists are continuing efforts to reintroduce the longest snake in North America back into Alabama’s longleaf pine forests. Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 29 June 2022 Frosted flatwoods salamanders used to be more common in the South’s longleaf pine forests. Molly Samuel, ajc, 5 Feb. 2022 Texas’ 13,229-acre Upland Island Wilderness, from longleaf pine forests to dreamy willow-oak swamps, with swaths of yuccas and sandy expanses sprinkled along the way. Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 26 July 2021 Many saw the potential for its forests, optimized for timber, to be restored to the longleaf pine savannahs that once dominated. al, 2 Jan. 2022 Consider: the Mississippi Association of Cooperatives is informing farmers about cover crops and native longleaf pine — things that can reduce agriculture’s carbon footprint. Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 1 Sep. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1796, in the meaning defined above